Malcolm Gladwell on How the “Tipping Point” Has Been Misunderstood & Misused

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Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Malcolm Gladwell (author, Revenge of the Tipping Point) joins Chris Cuomo for an in-depth conversation on the role of critical thinking in navigating today’s complex world. Gladwell discusses how the concept of the “tipping point,” which he popularized, has been misunderstood and misused in public discourse, and reflects on how the COVID pandemic has reshaped our approach to decision-making. Together, they examine the growing challenges of political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and why cultivating curiosity and skepticism is more important than ever in an age where quick judgments and surface-level solutions dominate. Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Sponsors: AG1 Try AG1 and get a FREE bottle of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase at drinkAG1.com/ccp That’s a $48 value for FREE. Check it out. Cozy Earth Go to cozyearth.com/CHRIS and use code CHRIS for an exclusive discount of up to 40% off. If you get a post-purchase survey, say you heard about Cozy Earth from The Chris Cuomo Project podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you like to think about what you think?
0:03.0	Do you like to have examples and context and stories completely change your understanding?
0:10.0	Well then that's why you love Malcolm Gladwell, right?
0:13.4	I'm Chris Cuomo, welcome to the Chris Cuomo project.
0:16.5	Gladwell's got a new book,
0:18.4	Revenge of the Tipping Point,
0:20.7	with even more examples that show we don't really know what we think we know
0:27.1	about the things that often matter most. And this book, you know, we just came past 25 years of the original Timping Point.
0:35.6	And of course, Malcolm also gave us Blink and so many other articles and books that all go to the fundamental basis of our understanding.
0:45.0	And I believe it's in such short supply today.
0:49.0	We're dealing with an epidemic in my opinion
0:52.0	of people not wanting to be critical thinkers,
0:54.7	of wanting it easy, of wanting confirmation bias, of just wanting more food that feeds
0:59.3	the same notions they've had and Malcolm Gladwell is the opposite of that and that's why I'm such a huge fan and I am so
1:07.0	happy to have him explain his new book what's going on and how he feels about the presidential election as a Jamaican. Support for the Chris Cuomo Project comes from 120 Life. I got a member of my family that's got high blood pressure. We are using 120 life, all right?
1:36.5	And so far so good. Now, is it a cure all? Of course not, but you've got to do the right things
1:41.6	if you want to get to the right place.
1:43.3	And high blood pressure is no joke.
1:45.8	It is the number one risk factor for mortality, okay?
1:49.8	One in two adults have high blood pressure.
1:53.0	That's 50-50, okay?
1:54.8	So if you can help yourself, why wouldn't you?
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