Flash Mobs Kill?
That’s what this fast talking presentation is about- the dangers of a flash mob. While this is just a presentation, and a great one at that, it does present some real weaknesses in this interconnected world- the lack of preparedness by police, weaknesses in cellular digital networks and whether or not something like this would be covered by the press.
Thanks to Rob at Red-Alerts for the video.
Larry Niven was only slightly wrong in a detail: you only need to instantly teleport the information, not the people, to cause a flash crowd. But he did describe the effect in 1973, dead on.