There is also a cultural dimension to all this. As humans interact over time, we develop a set of shared beliefs about what is acceptable. This comes to represent what has been dubbed the “Overton Window.”
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The Overton window represents the range of policies and ideas that are widely accepted by a relevant population. If you come up with an idea that is outside the Overton window
it will be a struggle to get it widely accepted. That much being said
it is possible to shift the Overton window
expanding and shifting the policies that a given population will accept. Recent examples include the widespread acceptance of same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana
policies that not too long ago would have been a political third rail. See also my conversation with…