When Everybody Knows Something, Nobody Knows Anything PREVIEW by Chris Martenson Once upon a time, everybody knew that the earth was flat. Then they all knew that it was round, but at the center of the universe. In 1929, everybody was sure that a new permanent prosperity had been discovered. The next decade proved how wrong that assumption was. As is repeatedly borne out in life, when everybody knows something, nobody knows anything. When Everybody Knows Something, Nobody Knows Anything PREVIEW by Chris Martenson Once upon a time, everybody knew that the earth was flat. Then they all knew that it was round, but at the center of the universe. In 1929, everybody was sure that a new permanent prosperity had been discovered. The next decade proved how wrong that assumption was. As is repeatedly borne out in life, when everybody knows something, nobody knows anything.