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Tipping Point
Been thinking a bit about Tipping Point:
"little changes can have big effects; when small numbers of people start behaving differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or "tipping point" is reached, changing the world. Gladwell's thesis that ideas, products, messages and behaviors "spread just like viruses do" remains a metaphor as he follows the growth of "word-of-mouth epidemics" triggered with the help of three pivotal types." From Publishers Weekly
Well, if you're looking for an emerging example of a coming tipping point..... (i.e. how do you recognize one coming), perhaps this is one:
From Joi Ito's Web: Wikipedia reaches one million articles
Wikipedia has just announced that it has reached one million articles. Congratulations Wikipedians! Wikipedia is in more than 100 languages with 14 currently having over 10,000 articles. It is ranked one of the ten most popular reference sites on the Internet according to Alexa.com (trumping Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times). At the current rate of growth, Wikipedia will double in size again by next spring.
I suspect that few "regular" folks, outside of nerdy folks (like me), who spend too much time online, have heard of, or use, Wikipedia. But I wonder if that is about to change.....
What could this mean for simple churches in Cincinnati?????????????????????
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"little changes can have big effects; when small numbers of people start behaving differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or "tipping point" is reached, changing the world. Gladwell's thesis that ideas, products, messages and behaviors "spread just like viruses do" remains a metaphor as he follows the growth of "word-of-mouth epidemics" triggered with the help of three pivotal types." From Publishers Weekly
Well, if you're looking for an emerging example of a coming tipping point..... (i.e. how do you recognize one coming), perhaps this is one:
From Joi Ito's Web: Wikipedia reaches one million articles
Wikipedia has just announced that it has reached one million articles. Congratulations Wikipedians! Wikipedia is in more than 100 languages with 14 currently having over 10,000 articles. It is ranked one of the ten most popular reference sites on the Internet according to Alexa.com (trumping Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times). At the current rate of growth, Wikipedia will double in size again by next spring.
I suspect that few "regular" folks, outside of nerdy folks (like me), who spend too much time online, have heard of, or use, Wikipedia. But I wonder if that is about to change.....
What could this mean for simple churches in Cincinnati?????????????????????
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