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Experimentalist. Ecologist. Safety Culture @Iterum (psychsafety.com) Studying Masters in Global Health. Natural habitat: forests & mountains. He/him. Always be kind.
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Experimentalist. Ecologist. Safety Culture @Iterum (psychsafety.com) Studying Masters in Global Health. Natural habitat: forests & mountains. He/him. Always be kind.
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@joshisanonymous And https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Would_I_be_helped_Cross-national_CCTV_footage_shows_that_intervention_is_the_norm_in_public_conflicts/29757281
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@joshisanonymous There is more, I’ll dig some out - https://www.science20.com/news_staff/bystander_effect_debunked_in_91_of_real_world_cases_someone_helps-239169
https://fee.org/articles/the-bystander-effect-myth-or-fact/
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@joshisanonymous This is a good piece on it:
https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/truth-behind-story-kitty-genovese-and-bystander-effect
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@joshisanonymous Interestingly, the bystander effect has been largely debunked.
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Apr 10, 2026
The Vasa sank in 1628 because the people who knew it would sink didn't feel able to say so to the people who could have done something about it.
We wrote up the full case study — Vasa Syndrome, authority gradients, and what the sister ship tells us about organisational learning.
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Mar 20, 2026
Noting the benefits of psychological safety is not the same as making those benefits the justification for it. We don't ask whether freedom of speech delivers ROI. Psychological safety belongs in the same category- as a fundamental condition of dignity at work.
https://psychsafety.com/the-utility-of-psychological-safety/
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