“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
“I don't think you can hold someone accountable for trampling someone else, because that person was probably pushed from behind. But if someone picks your pocket in a crowd, it's no different from any other act of that kind, in another situation.” IfsThinkingKindPersonsDifferentBehindsSituationPicksCrowdsPockets 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
