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 == Other theories & conceptual tools ==
-=== regression to the mean ===
+=== Overton Window ===
+* Joseph Overton observed that along the spectrum of social or political thought, policy, or opinion
+** there exists a mainstream "middle" of consensus
+*** that middle may have variances, but most people generally agree with it
+** with extremes on both sides that are not generally accepted
+** however, as one extreme or the other becomes acceptable, they enter into the "Overton Window"
+** example:
+*** in the 1950s, rock music was considered anti-social, thus lay outside of the Overton Window
+*** as its popularity grew, especially following Elvis Presley, rock music became popular music
+**** and thus, entered the Overton Window
 === Weber's "Protestant Work Ethic & the Spirit of Capitalism" ===
+* Social Scientist Max Weber attributed the economic success of U.S. and northwestern European nations to their dominant "Protestant work ethic"
+* based on
+** individualism and notions of self-sufficiency
+** ethics of hard work, timeliness, frugality, etc.
+*** that cumulatively yielded productive economies and a dominant middle class
+* note that Weber's seen today by "critical race" theorists as elements of "white privilege"
 ==External Resources==