One way of approching this issue is The Kolmogorov option proposed by Scott Aaronson: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3376 https://www.scottaaronson.com/b

One way of approching this issue is The Kolmogorov option proposed by Scott Aaronson: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3376 https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3376 It can be summarized as " Instead the iconoclast can choose what I think of as the Kolmogorov option. This is where you build up fortresses of truth in places the ideological authorities don’t particularly understand or care about, like pure math, or butterfly taxonomy, or irregular verbs. You avoid a direct assault on any beliefs your culture considers necessary for it to operate. You even seek out common ground with the local enforcers of orthodoxy." SlateStarCodex has a related post on the concept titled "Kolmogorov Complicity...": https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-and-the-parable-of-lightning/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-...