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Psychologists call this the "bystander effect," and it happens when your brain creates a rationale around why you shouldn't take a stand.
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If a man sleeps around, he's just doing what men do (which women are still supposed to accept as a rationale for infidelity, by the way).
In the interview Kathleen discusses the rationale around doing an uncapped fundraise, how the team is navigating a landscape with no existing regulatory framework, why they chose to set up a non-profit in Switzerland to receive the funds, and how they have responded to DDOS and phishing attacks.
The decision lacked a rationale.
But there is a rationale.
But it had a rationale.
Not exactly a rationale for an apology.
"They provided a rationale which seemed valid.
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