“The idea has never been more popular. Prepping is by no means an esoteric hobby anymore; it has become a Silicon Valley cliché. Neo-billionaires, with their typical taste and decency, are building elaborate status-symbol bunkers for themselves, and are planning escape routes to New Zealand for their families. Every American I know is — even if it’s just emotionally — preparing for a fall.” Stephen Marche attends the Ohio Preppers and Survivalist Summit and brings back his take on America’s midlife crisis. (For my midlife crisis, all I did was overspend on a turntable.)