No phone has killed the iPhone, but plenty of them co-exist just fine, thank you very much.

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You and I can just start conceptually blending things that already exist.

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Many of them just say thank you -- thank you for recognizing that we exist and that these issues are important to us.

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Those that exist tend to get it wrong, saying you should be bullish just because of January.

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Even if you want to stay where you are, your audience should always be broader than just your boss because opportunities exist both inside and outside of your current company.

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Academia, especially area studies, seems to exist solely now just to put the best spin on things and to make, you know, if, you know, your area of study is the Muslim world, none of these things that we're talking about, these historical aspects, these primary sources, Koranic and historical, that I'm quoting, you'll never hear these.

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