Crowds, obedience and the psychology of group behavior, with Stephen Reicher, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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The Joy of Crowds
The joy of crowds is about people being able to turn their ideas into realities because they're empowered. The biggest crowd event in the world is the event that happens at the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers in Alabad, North India. Every 12 years, 100 million people go in the month - on a single day, 20 million people are around you. People see it as blissful because they come together and people respect each other.
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