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Crowd Psychology
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How Crowds Work | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Stuff You Should Know·Feb 18, 2026
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Crowds are generally orderly and pro-social rather than inherently mindless or violent.
“while we will talk about bad things that can happen in crowds, um the the modern understanding of crowds, you're right, is that people are generally pretty um orderly um even in the face of disaster.”
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