Adam Dorfman & DMC Atlanta

Relationship Advice from Charlie Sheen. Weight Loss Advice from Santa Claus. Business Ethics Advice from Bernie Madoff.     As we can probably all agree, all of the above are on the top of my list of advice NONE of us should take. In many of my recent interactions, I have noticed an abundance of young people taking advice from irrational, unreliable sources simply because they are convenient – and it scares the hell out of me. We live in a world of instant gratification – look in one place, and be satisfied with the answer; ask the nearest person to you who you think has a clue, and take it as gospel; read something on the internet, and consider it fact-checked and accurate. Because of this, people are increasingly unable to think for themselves, draw their own conclusions, or make educated decisions.  Instead, they grab the closest answer and assume it’s the right one. A recent study by the Local Consumer Review found that, of 2,862 respondents to a 4,500...