The Failure of Common Knowledge (LFB)

There are certain things that everyone knows. Everyone knows that you should get as much formal education as possible, buy a house as a solid investment, look to the stock market as an economic barometer, and trust the Fed as the nation's money manager. Another thing that everyone knows: prisons keep us safe from predators.

But what if all of these things are wrong, not just a bit wrong but wholly incorrect? What if the reverse is true? What if, for example, hanging around in school for as ...