America's Lost Boys and Me - by Rob Henderson

I suspect I’m the only student at Cambridge University who lived out of garbage bags as a child. Here’s why I didn’t live the life I was meant to.

America's Lost Boys and Me (nkbimages/Getty Images) I suspect I’m the only student at Cambridge University who lived out of garbage bags as a child. Here’s why I didn’t live the life I was meant to. This article is part of The Zeitgeist. Follow to get everything we publish on ideas, arts, entertainment, dating, faith and more. One of the most brilliant concepts I’ve come across in the past few years is the notion of “luxury beliefs.” Like a Birkin bag, luxury beliefs are expensive, fashionable and confer immediate status on those espousing them. But they can only be afforded by people…

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