Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

politics

  • The Frightening Case Of a Coming American Collapse

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    7 min read

    The United States is in the midst of a social collapse. That’s the claim Umair Haque makes in an electric essay. Here are his three main takeaways. If the United States were to collapse, how would we know it? We think we’d know, right? Structures would fall, the banks would run out of money, and…

  • Predatory Society – A Pathology of Cruelty

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    8 min read

    In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the fifth pathology: a predatory society. In movies, an easy way to get the audience to connect with the characters on screen is to show…

  • Nomadic Retirees – A Pathology of Indignity

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    6 min read

    In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the third pathology: nomadic retirees When I was little, my grandparents moved to Arizona. They left Detroit, where there sons lived. Leaving them, their extended…

  • The Opioid Epidemic — A Pathology of Escape

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    5 min read

    In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the second pathology: the opioid epidemic. When I left my small-town high school for college, two things rocked my world. The first was the real…

  • School Shootings – A Pathology of Violence

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    7 min read

    In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the first pathology: rampant school shootings. I remember how I felt when I first heard about the school shooting at Columbine High…

  • The 5 Pathologies that are killing us

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    4 min read

    Is the United States the first rich failed state? In a challenging new essay on Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque makes the case that we are. And we aren’t nearly as concerned with this as we should be. Umair Haque begins his essay by naming your skepticism. And it’s warranted. The reader has just read…