How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization

The one where we retain our sanity in a stupid world

David Hopkins
GEN
Published in
6 min readMar 22, 2016

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I want to discuss a popular TV show my wife and I have been binge-watching on Netflix. It’s the story of a family man, a man of science, a genius who fell in with the wrong crowd. He slowly descends into madness and desperation, led by his own egotism. With one mishap…

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David Hopkins
GEN
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