ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe GIST: India uses AI to stop stampedes at world’s biggest gathering. “Keen to improve India’s abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organizers of the world’s largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes. Organizers predict up to 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old sacred show of Hindu piety and […]
FlipboardHumans spend a lot of time moving in crowds. Matthew R. Francis and Maki Naro collaborate on this comic for @KnowableMag, which demonstrates how tools from fluid dynamics can help model crowd behavior and smooth the flow of crowds, potentially making us safer.
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Algernon D'AmmassaIt’s funny when the band calls on us to love another at the end of their show, and the crowd roars with approval yet proceeds to cuss and honk in the parking lot.
20 years ago, Sarah went to see Thich Nhat Hanh in Los Angeles, and then giggled when she told me about all the folks with “Co-exist” and similar bumper stickers on their Subarus exhibiting road rage in the exit traffic immediately after. 🙃
GGTwo principal points on mask wearing from an interview with Montreal behavioural specialist, Dr. Kim Lavoie.
"People will do what they see most doing - they don't want to stand out."
"When there is a law/mandate, it says masks are important & necessary.
No mandate says masks are not necessary."
