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Essays by Umair Haque
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What it Means to Change the World
I’m calling an Uber for the wannabes. All aboard.
umair haque
4 min read
The Highest Score
Time is running out. Tick, tick, tick.
umair haque
2 min read
The Question You Never Asked
A man sits alone atop a mountain. Underneath the stars.
umair haque
4 min read
Generation Stupid
We need to talk.You’re not going to like it.
umair haque
4 min read
The Rupture
This isn’t the future. So what is it?
umair haque
4 min read
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How to Think About the Economy
The “experts” are always surprised by the economy. Here’s how not to be.
umair haque
4 min read
Whose Life Are You Really Living?
We all live. But not all of us live singularly.
umair haque
4 min read
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Why You Should Be a Misfit (Not a Bro)
The philosophy of the bro is like Ebola for the human spirit.
umair haque
5 min read
Can Democracy Survive?
Today, Ferguson. Tomorrow, the world?
umair haque
3 min read
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Are We Out of Big Ideas?
What we think are great ideas aren’t. What if we’re out of them?
umair haque
4 min read
Why Are You (really) Here?
You probably don’t ask. Here’s why you should.
umair haque
3 min read
How to Escape the Cult of Big Ideas
We quest tirelessly for the Big Idea. Should we?
umair haque
5 min read
Requiem For a Golden Age
I’m grieving for something these days. Maybe it’s us.
umair haque
5 min read
The How Not to Suck Manifesto
Aloha! Here’s my one sentence manifesto for each and every one of us from now until the end of time.
umair haque
6 min read
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