Lizzie Widdicombe: Activists at the Museum of the City of New York.

Why can’t people in New York just get along? Play by the rules? Respect authority? Sarah Henry, the chief curator of the Museum of the City of New York, has a theory, involving four factors. 1) Density: “People bump up against each other. They both collaborate and . . . (Subscription required.)

via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2012/05/21/120521ta_talk_widdicombe