all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - Malcolm Gladwell

In the end, Tipping Points are the reaffirmation of the potential for change and the power of intelligent action.

The more you invest in a set of beliefs — the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction — the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You don’t give up. You double down.

The bottom line is that civil society simply cannot function without default to truth…I can’t converse with you, for instance, if I subject every statement that comes out of your mouth to critical scrutiny before I accept it as true. Conversation cannot proceed without default to truth.