The nature of paradigm change is that it is hard to see when it is happening, especially when it is as big a paradigm as how we human beings relate to the rest of the nature. A great many people are committed to the older paradigm (think Galileo and the earth revolving around the sun) and their views don’t change instantly when a new paradigm emerges.

We know, thanks to Malcolm Gladwell, that there are phases in paradigm change. We know that it is driven by ‘early adopters’ who see the trend early, and that it slowly becomes sticky and then reaches a ‘tipping point’. “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.”