Mike Caulfield has weighed in on recent discussion regarding openness. Caulfield suggests, through a concept called the “Overton Window,” that ideology needs to push to the extremes so more moderate positions can survive. From the post:
Imagine a well-funded campaign to make all educational materials produced by even a single dollar of federal money free — in fact, to *require* that these materials be posted somewhere. Imagine what that would do to the debate. Is it reasonable? Maybe not. Will it succeed? Probably not.
