For some bizarre reason we find it excruciatingly uncomfortable to be walking alongside a complete stranger at exactly the same pace and in the same direction.
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Emmy-nominated composer Daniel Koren and Vania Heymann, a second year student at the Bezalel school of art and design in Jerusalem, decided to highlight this phenomenon along New York’s Fifth Avenue.
The resulting video shows Koren engaging in a “walking contest” with a supposed stranger.
The clip is beautifully shot and comes with a thumping soundtrack.
Koren is determined to win the imaginary race.
Some find this unbearably awkward.
After "winning" the race, Koren ponders at the finish line: “What is so scary about moving together at the same speed?
