conventional wisdom

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“Unlike a lot of the conventional wisdom that AI is going to eliminate people, we see AI here as something that’s going to cause people to be far more productive,” he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

But conventional wisdom often has it all wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Against the conventional wisdom that civil rights were fundamentally different from political rights, Black Americans insisted that both were vital to make real America’s most cherished constitutional ideals.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Now here’s a piece of conventional wisdom about money that’s worth examining.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

But noticing where the conventional wisdom may be false—noticing, perhaps, the contrails of sloppy or self-interested thinking—is a nice place to start asking questions.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt