“Far more people die in the developing world than in the West. At religious festivals mainly. That's not a myth - the numbers don't lie. I think it's just because in the West crowds tend to be manufactured by commercial interesting, and they have, or at least should have, a responsibility for keeping people safe.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldLyingDiesReligiousInterestingNumbersResponsibilitySafeShould HaveWestCrowdsMythDevelopingFestivalsDon't Lie Author:John Seabrook
“We live in a consumer culture, and Black Friday is like the July 4th of that culture. It might be good not to live in this culture, but it terms of what we can do to make people safer at big sales, it seems more useful to try to avoid dangerous crowd conditions.” PeopleTryingBigsSeemsMightCultureBlackTermCan DoConditionsDangerousCrowdsBe GoodConsumersFriday4th Of JulyJulyConsumer CultureBlack Friday Author:John Seabrook
“The net poses a fundamental threat not only to the authority of the government, but to all authority, because it permits people to organize, think, and influence one another without any institutional supervision whatsoever.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentInfluenceInternetAuthorityFundamentalsThreatPermitFree SpeechOrganizeSupervision Author:John Seabrook
