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Tipping Points Annual Report 2010-2011
The first annual report from the Tipping Points project is now available. It gives an overview of the project’s progress so far along with its aims and goals for the future. In its first year the project has shown that there is clearly much more to tipping point than simply being a popular ‘buzz word’ […]
Podcast: What is a tipping point?
May 23, 2011 by brettcherry
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably heard or seen tipping point used a number of times in so many different contexts that it seems almost impossible to pin down what exactly the term might mean. Or…maybe you already have a clear definition that suits you and you’re happy to use it when communicating with others […]
The Tipping Point of the ‘Tipping Point’ Metaphor
May 11, 2011 by brettcherry
Dr Pojanath Bhatanacharoen presented an incredibly interesting paper at a conference hosted by the University of Hull in the UK, ‘Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities’. Her research along with the rest of the WP4 team including Prof David Greatbatch, Prof Tim Clark and Dr Alex Bentley, analyse the use of the tipping point metaphor through […]
How to predict tipping points
April 11, 2011 by brettcherry
Are tipping points inherently unpredictable? Some physical and social scientists tend to think so and say that even if people were able to predict the point before a tip it would be too late. But others are a little more optimistic. Mark Buchanan, a member of the Tipping Points project’s advisory council who is a […]
State of the union address response: Is the US coming to a ‘tipping point’?
January 27, 2011 by brettcherry
In his response to US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Republican congressman Paul Ryan said the US economy needed to cut spending or the economy could come to a ‘tipping point’: We believe the days of business as usual must come to an end. We hold to a couple of simple convictions: […]
‘Tipping point’ usage over the years
January 18, 2011 by brettcherry
Google is very useful for finding out how often terms are used and in what context. As you can see from the chart above, a basic search for ‘tipping point’ reveals a large spike in usage after 1960. This likely indicates when tipping point was first used in sociology. In 2000 it went up again, […]
Climate change modelling and polar bears
December 22, 2010 by brettcherry
The polar bear has become an icon of climate change, its struggle for survival a forewarning that people are affecting the planet’s climate in ways that are harming life on Earth at a scale that is almost unimaginable. But a recent article featured in New Scientist, ‘No tipping point for polar bears’ Arctic ice’, reports […]
How stuff spreads
Dr Alex Bentley, one of the lead researchers of Work Package 4 of the Tipping Points project gives a fascinating talk about how social trends and commodities from eyeglasses to mobile phones diffuse through culture. He gives particular attention to the role of internet-based social networks such as Facebook and the influence they have in […]
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