Intro blog

In the introduction Gladwell brings up various way of explaining the different epidemics that have taken place. He first starts with the hush puppies example and how it was a shoe going out of business but then busted on to the fashion scene due to the fact some kids noticed that no one ever wore them. Then it seemed like all the kids were wearing them to the clubs, cafes, and throughout the streets of new york. All for the simple fact they were not popular at one point, then one day a few kids decided to take it upon themselves to bring the shoes back into a major existence. The next example he used is the huge crime rate "tipping" point from the 80's to the 90's. At one point violence and murder within five years had dropped 64% to 770 and total crimes had fallen by almost half to 335,893. That allowed people to fill the streets due to the crime rate just being low and everyone felt safe again. The third example Gladwell uses is the yawning example. It is very true how contagious yawning is, I always thought people just made up that whole "hey don't yawn because then I'll start". But after reading the word yawn a few times in the paragraph I actually did yawn once, and after seeing him explain how if people watch you yawn they will start then the people watching them will start and on and on. I never thought of that but it is indeed very true. Most of the time when you hear the word contagious yawning is the last thing you think of but from now on it will one of the first to pop in my head.