The Cocktail Party Contrarian: The Extraordinariness of Daniel Penny
In the aftermath of Jordan Neely’s death, I fear that what I told my children will be all the more true — no one is coming to help them.
People say New York City feels like it did in the 1970s, when crime was so rampant that children were mugged on their way to school. Yet there is an important difference: Then, when you were victimized, society was on your side; now, you are on your own.
Of all the lessons in being street-savvy that I teach my teenagers, the most important one is to assume that no one is coming to help you if you get into trouble.
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