Only Human
Only Human
WNYC Studios
The Crowd Made You Do It
42 minutes Posted Jan 25, 2017 at 9:00 am.
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Who knew counting a crowd would be so… political? If the election felt contentious, the inauguration seemed to make the country even more divided, between "us" and "them." After many gathered on the Washington Mall for President Trump's inauguration and the Women’s March the following day, Only Human looks to social psychology to explain what happens to us as individuals when we become part of a crowd.