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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders and the Rise of Social Engineering

by Malcolm Gladwell

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Published 1st October 2024
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Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light

‘Addictive… fascinating and provocative’ Guardian

‘Gladwell is a great storyteller with a contagious sense of curiosity’ The Economist

What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do elite universities care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena.

Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world’s most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny cul-de-sac in northern California, and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis.

Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell’s most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of the modern world. It’s time we took tipping points seriously.

Details

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders and the Rise of Social Engineering
by Malcolm Gladwell

ISBN
9780349147185

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group

Binding
Hardback

Publication date
Oct. 1, 2024

Dimensions
23.6cm x 15.8cm x 3.6cm