My first thought about the Hush Puppies bit, was that this seems to happen a lot. When no one was wearing these shoes, and a few people started to wear them, then a few more, then a few more, it just spread like wildfire. It reminded me of something that happened to me. I had been listening to "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson, and I was mocked for it because it was "uncool". The next week I came into the locker room and every single girl was singing it.
My thoughts about the New York crime story were that maybe the kids who grew up in that situation of hearing violence started to be the main population. Most of the kids there, I would imagine were scared and maybe were effected by crimes, wouldn't want anything to do with it, and would want to get rid of it. Maybe police efforts did increase, but I don't believe that the decrease in violence was due to that.
I do agree that once a trend starts, it spreads quickly. For instance, Ipods & other MP3 players. It's not really "cool" anymore to use a cd player. Almost everyone in the world who can afford an MP3 player has one. I cannot even imagine the statistics of how many people have them.
Wow. He was totally right. I did just yawn. Yawns are extremely contagious. If I see someone yawn, I yawn too. It's really strange.
I have always thought that we are the way we are because society has made us. It has told us how to think, how to react, and what is right and is wrong. He is exactly right. Whenever we are giving bad news, we speak quietly because it's just what we do. I know that I never think twice about that.
So far, this book has really made me think about why things spread around so quickly. Fear is another thing that can spread extremely quickly. I think it is the most commonly spread emotion. I myself, get scared extremely easily. Whether it be films, or real life instances, I usually contribute to a wave of fear around the world.
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