It's a reminder, I think, to all of us, that sometimes when danger comes near, we are all very much alone.

That's the power of the photograph.

A photo of a man taken seconds before he's killed by a subway train enrages viewers.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield. One decidedly unhip

man has decided to transform himself by following every New York Times style section piece

he can get his hands on. The style section was my beacon, something they could rescue me

from this middle of nowhere hell in which I found myself.

And why is a new British academic institution assessing the chances that killer robots might one day enslave mankind?

There are things that could be so catastrophic that we should be scared by even a small chance of happening.

All that and so much more after this.

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From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

On Monday, a man was shoved off a New York subway platform,

and about a half a minute later, killed by an oncoming train.

A freelance photographer named R. Umar Abasi happened to be on the platform camera in hand.

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