12∞ · Question 11.8.8
Why do people stand by when someone needs help?
Because each assumes that someone else will act, and takes the inaction of the others as a sign that nothing is wrong.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.8: The Psychology of Going Along
- In print
- Page 379
- ← 11.8.7 · What is learned helplessness?
- 11.8.9 → · How little does it take for people to favor their own group?
- All of Part 11
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