The Tipping Point Revisited: Broken Windows| Revisionist History | Malcolm Gladwell

[@jatlast]

"I was wrong. I'm sorry." The quote brought tears to my eyes twice-first during listen one and then again during listen two for quote accuracy. Thank you, Malcolm Gladwell. Intellectual honesty and heartfelt apologies seem to be dwindling, so I am glad to have witnessed a fresh example of both while listening to another of your always-enjoyable episodes.

[@nathanngumi8467]

Indeed! Writers rarely revisit their most successful works. It takes courage to do this and change one's mind when shown one's assumptions or assertions are wrong or not exactly right or proved erroneous by empirical data.

[@charitibriosi7610]

I really love your writing and reporting. I have followed you for a very long time. ❤🎉 I feel that you have more information now and 25 yrs experience to look back on! I don’t feel you were wrong, just better informed now. 🎉 Well done ❤❤Love the Podcast! 😊😊😊

[@kambrose1549]

Theres so much to learn about people! Fascinating talk!

[@Greg-om2hb]

People urinating on the streets is a signal that the city should build public bathrooms.

[@thefallenstateisamazin3803]

We knew it was a tiny subset of people thanks malc

[@thefallenstateisamazin3803]

Do 2019 to now next

[@Redmenace96]

Malcolm is just a celebrity, with a celebrity opinion. He is really not a serious sociologist, anymore. Doesn't mean he is wrong! He is just limited to his bubble.

[@tomwishart1442]

Compare and contrast the success and differences of the world’s different educational systems. Why not?

[@thomasdequincey5811]

The apology was so pathetic. Does he think the Police looked at the data, came to the conclusion that "broken windows" isn't working, then overrode that decision by pointing out that Malcolm Gladwell is broadly in favour of it? Give me a break! Policing is a political decision. It is not based on the whims or opinions of some Author.

[@pavanatanaya]

Posing cops as beneficent is a huge mistake

[@Edo9River]

MALCOLM: 1. Didn’t the NY Police benefit from the pattern of the information from the 1,200,00 arrests. After the judgement on constitutionality of the program to have a good idea where the to look for the tiny % of dangerous criminals? 2. In PHILADELPHIA, how long has the empty lot program been working? Don’t you think it has to be maintained, and data on crime rates in the area maintained to prove anything?

[@thefallenstateisamazin3803]

How do you think they honed in? By stop at frisk

[@ellenlockhart4494]

One theory about the drop in crime is that abortion became legal in the early 1970s. Fewer unwanted babies were born. Thus future angry, criminals were born.

[@thefallenstateisamazin3803]

How black is the handshake map

[@chrisolmsted5678]

The judge was correct about the unconstitutionallity of stop and frisk. But I believe that the people of a police district have a constitutional right to request random searching within their jurisdiction which the police should agree to do when it doesn't discriminate against protected groups and has a clear criteria for determining the end of the emergency which justifies this practice. When a deadly disease is spreading, there is a rate which is a tipping point. If the rate is less than that, the disease dies out over time. If the rate is greater, it has exponential growth offset by the rate of death of the carriers. PTSD has aspects we don't understand. But other head trauma like concussions have accumulative effects. I believe that the NY stop and frisk reduced PTSD rates enough to allow crime to continue decreasing. Knowing that those "others" were just frisked helps the "not others" cope with their own traumas. It's not just finding weapons. It's knowing people are disarmed. If the Hatfields and McCoys moved into my building complex, I would accept the frisk for awhile to feel safer. I know others would prefer to just move away and the rest would likely purchase guns.

[@Thunderdumpe]

It sounds a bit to me like different approaches fix different problems. If you have a general malaise a general show of effort could fix it, but would be a waste if most people are already on the same page.

[@IrenesConcierge]

Stop and frisk can be said to contribute to lower crime rates in North America, until you are a black man in US or an indigenous person in Canada. Racialized persons know that police behaviour is biased.

[@carloseugeniosanchezrabiel3191]

If you're taking back something that was admittedly a proliferator of harmful or unconstitutional practices like stop and frisk, it should be delivered as a public and apologetic erratum, not as part of the contents of a book and podcast you're planning to further profit from.

[@fiveonenine68]

Why? Pushing this in his podcast to his audience has far more reach. Plus, lots of people also got this incredibly wrong, not just Gladwell.

[@francesbernard2445]

I am sorry. I didn't on purpose commit plagerism when paraphrasing.

[@fiveonenine68]

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