Now, for whatever reason, nothing has effectively changed and millions suddenly care This was discussed on a You Are Not So Smart [1] episode some time over th

Now, for whatever reason, nothing has effectively changed and millions suddenly care This was discussed on a You Are Not So Smart [1] episode some time over the last few months (I had a look but couldn't find it). The basic idea was that collective behaviour can change in an instant because of multiple pressures that have been building over time and looking for a single cause (or trigger) is fruitless because no one event has any great significance per se. The closest that Google would bring me is a paper on 'Threshold Models of Collective Behavior' [2]. [1] https://youarenotsosmart.com/ https://youarenotsosmart.com/ [2] https://www.jstor.org/stable/2778111?seq=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2778111?seq=1