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By Elizabeth D. Samet

April 19, 2021 THE WASHINGTON POST – By eerie coincidence, I began reading William J Bernstein’s The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups in early January and was deep into it on January 6. I kept reading in the days that followed the unprecedented insurrection at the Capitol, putting the book aside occasionally to look at the scores of videos taken by participants before and during the rioting. ProPublica, the investigative news site, acquired more than 500 of these videos and assembled them into a compelling new kind of documentary. The people in these clips fit with what B...

Book World: Why false narratives so often trump reality Robert G. Kaiser, The Washington Post Feb. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail "The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups" By William J. Bernstein - - - By eerie coincidence, I began reading William J. Bernstein's "The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups" in early January and was deep into it on Jan. 6. I kept reading in the days that followed the unprecedented insurrection at the Capitol, putting the book aside occasionally to look at the scores of videos taken by participants before and during the rioting. ProPublica...