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how i learned to love firecrackers
Twenty years ago I arrived in China with a bet on its relevance. The evidence turned up outside my window every night, but I initially dismissed it as a…
Aug 14
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Adil Husain
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the unhurried breakfast
What a calm mentor taught me about surviving the death of my industry
Aug 8
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Adil Husain
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June 2026
the offshore labor arbitrage is over
The offshore knowledge-work boom was built on selling labor cheaper than the West could afford. AI has made labor the wrong thing to be selling.
Jun 29
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Adil Husain
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the peace pakistan cannot afford to miss
Brokering a deal between Washington and Tehran was the easy part
Jun 18
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Adil Husain
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the cattle ranch theory of higher education
The New York Times Opinion section has a recurring prescription for higher education's soul crisis. It involves 26 students and a boondoggle to a cattle…
Jun 16
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Adil Husain
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the twenty five years
A residential college gives you the conditions. The rest is on you.
Jun 10
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Adil Husain
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May 2026
2.28 billion ways to lose
How to lose to your competition, and to your own consultants
May 22
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Adil Husain
claude knows more about me than they do
i'm going to alaska anyway
May 19
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Adil Husain
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America's Real China Trade Problem Is Hidden in Plain Sight
Trump is in Beijing negotiating planes and soybeans. The structural exclusion of America's most competitive industries remains entirely off the table.
May 14
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Adil Husain
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You Can't Wear a Certificate
On the AP x Swatch Collab, Coursera, and the Business of Borrowed Prestige
May 13
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Adil Husain
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overcoming the stalemate problem
What Hormuz, TikTok, and Nippon Steel reveal about the mechanics of resolution, and what to do when you're in one.
May 6
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Adil Husain
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forbes discovered georgetown
On the business model hiding inside business media, and why the publication telling you what to think about elite universities is selling crystal…
May 5
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Adil Husain
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