I'm pretty skeptical of all advertising now. I learned that in college not from it failing to prepare me for work, but because that was explicitly taught in cla

I'm pretty skeptical of all advertising now. I learned that in college not from it failing to prepare me for work, but because that was explicitly taught in classes. If people need defenses from the colleges now then perhaps that needs to be taught in high school. I'm willing to accept that that skepticism is not a "natural skill" but then it needs to be taught to people before they can be exploited in ways that will ruin the rest of their life. Of course there's a counter incentive in that the whole consumer economy relies on a lack of that skill. Edit: These sorts of lessons would best be taught by parents but right now many seem to have lost the same skills through marketing to their belief that their child is the best ever and that they have to do everything to make sure their child has all the advantages possible.