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Why Do People Film Others in Distress Instead of Helping Them?
It’s not as simple as ‘people are the worst’
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7 min readJul 31, 2019
The video shows an older man on a New York City subway platform, struggling against a gush of filthy water that has forced him to the ground. Finally, he makes it to his knees and looks directly at the camera, as if in accusation: Why…
