<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Normalcy bias and the Overton window explain why a... > Normalcy bias and the Overton window explain why a harmful input can feel perfectly fine. People measure the world against whatever they were raised in and repeatedly exposed to, so the familiar becomes the yardstick. The most useful question to ask about a show that seems harmless is why it no longer offends. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Trojan Horse in the Living Room — Television, Normalcy Bias, and the Royal Brag - Workbook|The Trojan Horse in the Living Room — Television, Normalcy Bias, and the Royal Brag]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Normalcy bias and the Overton window explain why a harmful input can feel perfectly fine. People measure the world against whatever they were raised in and repeatedly exposed to, so the familiar becomes the yardstick. The most useful question to ask about a show that seems harmless is why it no longer offends.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-normalcy-bias-overton-no-longer-offends ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->