Explaining things that are rational but that are outside of the Overton Window, to people who are within the Overton Window (basically the “normies” in modern parlance), is a really important skill for Nostr-adjacent and Bitcoin-adjacent educators, as well as alternate nutrition, health, macro, politics, etc.
It’s kind of an exercise in cultural and language translation, bridging two worlds. Understanding two mindsets and carrying one over to the other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
For me a decade and a half ago, the fact that some people were writing about alternate nutrition in rational, evidenced ways, receptive to normies, was super helpful in breaking out of the retarded 6-11 servings of grain food pyramid paradigm.
I find this a huge challenge. Spend enough time outside the overton window and it can be hard to know how to navigate a conversation reasonably.
The overlap in values is still probably strong, though. If I'm talking with a normie about socio-political stuff, we generally share the same ideas regarding - say - humanitarian goals, so I try to start there.
Also I try really hard not to use the words "federal reserve" "cantillion effect," or "money printing" within the first few minutes.
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