The Nanshan Half Marathon in Shenzhen is an event that I really like.

I have participated twice, and I can say that the Shenzhen Marathon is commendable in terms of organization, atmosphere, and route. Although I didn't register this year, I still felt the excitement through my running friends.

Within a few days, I saw related reports in major foreign media. Unfortunately, what gets spread is often not good news.

Behaviors like running on behalf of others, using fake bibs, starting in the wrong zone, and jumping the gun are actually quite common on race tracks both domestically and internationally.Taking shortcuts has also happened before. For instance, I once saw a report about a race in Mexico where over ten thousand people took shortcuts, which is quite astonishing.

Thanks to the surveillance in this safe city, this time the Nanshan Marathon was caught on traffic cameras with a large number of people taking shortcuts, which was quite eye-opening.In just a few dozen seconds, dozens of people crossed through. From a statistical perspective, it's hard to say this is an isolated incident. It makes one wonder, what are these people participating for?

When I saw the video, I could only think of one phrase: a mob.

'A mob' is not only an idiom but also the title of a famous book on crowd psychology.One of the concepts in the book is this:"Once a person is in a crowd, their individuality gets submerged, and both intellectual performance and moral behavior are affected."

From a decision-making perspective,I conducted a test during my graduate studies.Each person first used their own knowledge and judgment to rank the importance of various items for survival at sea. Then, in a team brainstorming session, they ranked the importance again.The scores were then given based on the correct order of answers.

As for the results,The performance scores of group decisions were never higher than the best individual solution. The difference in resultsmainly depended on the decisions of the most influential speakers in the group. It's truly a case of 'not fearing teammates like pigs, but fearing teammates who are overconfident pigs.'

From a moral and justice perspective,Once people become part of a group, they feel less responsible, and moral constraints naturally decrease. Whether it's the recent riots in France or the infamous Nanshan Half Marathon, this might be the case.

In marathons,crossing the greenbelt is like a group of people running red lights. They don't misunderstand the rules; they might just be taking a chance, thinking that the law won't punish the masses and that cars won't hit them.

What is unbelievable is that many of those who did these inappropriate actions later bragged about it on social media. This raises the question: is it the inherent quality of people, or do they lose themselves when they integrate into the world of social circles?

In the battle against rationality, emotions have never lost.They all seem to forget, or perhaps ignore, that what groups share is not only responsibility but also honor.Those who took shortcuts on the track might indeed be exhausted, those riding bikes might be injured, those taking a lot of race supplies might have no food at home, and those running red lights might have an urgent need. We can never see the whole picture from a partial perspective...

SO WHAT?

If you're wrong, you should admit it.Why come up with so many strange excuses?