Pitt design where the performer's going to be when he's moving around the stage. Peoplethat are close will want to closerthe people that are forced to be further away cannot get any closer. The psychology changes, and the pressure drops off almost expedientially. But those pans never reach that critical densitys where the surges can be life threatening.
How a music festival became a death trap, and what it would take for it never to happen again.
Today’s show was produced by Haleema Shah and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
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