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…1 min read·Jan 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?10 min read·Apr 3, 2021--1--1
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…4 min read·Feb 27, 2021--1--1
Adam SyedAmerican Carnage“We basically run a coalition government…without the efficiency of a parliamentary system,” ruminates Paul Ryan near the conclusion of Tim…4 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Jan 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…3 min read·Jan 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…3 min read·Jan 19, 2021----