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The Race for Semiconductor Supremacy
The Race for Semiconductor Supremacy
What Could United States and China Do Next?
Faiaz
Mar 22
Balancing Act: Navigating Privacy Rights and Data Sharing in the Digital Age
Balancing Act: Navigating Privacy Rights and Data Sharing in the Di...
How the EU regulates Health Data
Faiaz
Feb 8
What should be Amazon’s Corporate Foreign Policy?
What should be Amazon’s Corporate Foreign Policy?
How should Amazon navigate the increasing tensions between the United States (US) and China?
Faiaz
Aug 11, 2023
How Canada can strengthen its cloud services industry
How Canada can strengthen its cloud services industry
Applying Porter’s National Comparative Advantage framework to Canada with regards to cloud services industry
Faiaz
Aug 10, 2023
Data Localization Policy as Industrial Policy
Data Localization Policy as Industrial Policy
Investigating the policy motivations behind data localization policies by EU and China
Faiaz
Aug 9, 2023
Afrobarometer Survey Findings 2022
Afrobarometer Survey Findings 2022
Afrobarometer, a nonprofit corporation with headquarters in Ghana, is a pan-African, nonpartisan research network. As part of a team of…
Faiaz
Feb 24, 2023
Why is Climate Change a Partisan Issue in the U.S.?
Why is Climate Change a Partisan Issue in the U.S.?
Joe Manchin as a case study
Faiaz
Oct 11, 2022
“Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell
“Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell
An Audiobook that experiments with its medium and succeeds
Faiaz
Sep 26, 2021
The UN’s role during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971
The UN’s role during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971
Notes from then UN Secretary General, U Thant’s Autobiography
Faiaz
Sep 12, 2021
From Learning to Execution: Video Editing!
From Learning to Execution: Video Editing!
My journey in learning a new skill & delivering a project
Faiaz
Dec 21, 2020
An Economic Development Strategy for Hinton
An Economic Development Strategy for Hinton
How to tackle the challenge of stagnant population and brain drain
Faiaz
Dec 18, 2020
Regulating Political Ads on Social Media Platforms
Regulating Political Ads on Social Media Platforms
What should the Canadian government do?
Faiaz
Dec 3, 2020
The Prophet’s musings
The Prophet’s musings
Book reflections on The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
Faiaz
Nov 14, 2020
Do early-career conditions matter?
Do early-career conditions matter?
Yes they do, which paints a grim picture for 2020 graduates.
Faiaz
Oct 21, 2020
13 Stoic Lessons
13 Stoic Lessons
Notes from “How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life” by Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus
Faiaz
Sep 14, 2020
Book Reflections: Maybe you should talk to someone - Lori Gottlieb
Book Reflections: Maybe you should talk to someone - Lori Gottlieb
Lori, with courageous vulnerability and compassion, takes her readers on a guided tour into the self, showing us the therapeutic process.
Faiaz
Aug 27, 2020
Importance of Cultural Traditions
Importance of Cultural Traditions
Book review of “The Secret of Our Success” by Joe Henrich
Faiaz
Aug 5, 2020
What Will Shape the Future?
What Will Shape the Future?
Changing demographics, rising inequality & increasing access to internet can change our future profoundly
Faiaz
Jul 8, 2020
Reflections on working for the municipal government
Reflections on working for the municipal government
How are government decisions made? What challenges do the government policy makers face?
Faiaz
May 28, 2020
Brain as a Predictive Processor
Brain as a Predictive Processor
How priors influence our views and a theory of how our brains work
Faiaz
May 22, 2020
Are successful people luckier than others?
Are successful people luckier than others?
No, successful people did not get more ‘good luck’ compared to others. They got a higher return on luck.
Faiaz
Jan 25, 2020
Facebook is too powerful — but will breaking it up solve the problem?
Facebook is too powerful — but will breaking it up solve the problem?
Anti-trust & Facebook
Faiaz
Nov 18, 2019
Why “Facts & Evidence” do not always convince people
Why “Facts & Evidence” do not always convince people
Insights about social transmission and limits of knowledge
Faiaz
Oct 11, 2019
Why global warming is perhaps the hardest political problem to solve
Why global warming is perhaps the hardest political problem to solve
The four political challenges fueling climate inaction
Faiaz
Sep 27, 2019
New York City: A Photo-journal
New York City: A Photo-journal
Photos of New York City in summer 2019
Faiaz
Aug 25, 2019
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