In this Ethical Matters talk, Dan Hancox shows how crowds are the ultimate force for change: the bringer of conviviality and euphoria, mass culture and democracy – and a place where we find not just joy and solidarity, but something fundamental about what it is to be human.

Dan Hancox is a freelance writer, focusing on music, politics, cities and culture. He has written for the Guardian, the New Statesman, Independent, Frieze, New Inquiry, National, Dazed & Confused, Q magazine, Mute and The Wire.