PinnedAdam SyedPrologueThis is my first post. I’m hoping to use this website as a way to express my ideas and thoughts on books as I read them, and as the…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
Adam SyedAnalytics and basketball: a perfect marriage, or an existential threat to the sport?Thanks in part to analytics, basketball is overtly incentivized by an artificial boundary known as the three-point line. What happens next?Apr 3, 20211Apr 3, 20211
Adam SyedHouse of DebtThe Great Recession was one of the most significant events in the last twenty years, but the underlying causes behind it are a central…Feb 27, 20211Feb 27, 20211
Adam SyedAmerican Carnage“We basically run a coalition government…without the efficiency of a parliamentary system,” ruminates Paul Ryan near the conclusion of Tim…Feb 6, 2021Feb 6, 2021
Adam SyedThe Age of Surveillance CapitalismThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff is a landmark book that discusses the implications of the most advanced technology…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
Adam SyedThe Rules of ContagionThe last ten months have been some of the most hectic our generation has experienced, with a public health catastrophe as an accelerator…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
Adam SyedZero to OneAs a business student, case studies are a fundamental part of one’s program in order to understand business processes and how to…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021