Due to the holiday we are publishing this week’s edition of longform links a day early. Need more? You can also check out last week’s longform links as well.
Business
- The failure of imagination: what lessons Howard Marks learned from the decline in oil. (oaktreecapital.com)
- The best business longreads of the year. (blog.longreads.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) won the book wars. What comes next? (theverge.com)
Society
- Contrary to all the hype, the world has never been a safer place. (slate.com)
- Why nobody seems to have any free time anymore. (economist.com)
Economy
- Three trends driving the disappearance of male workers. (nytimes.com)
- Six days on the road with a long haul trucker. (bloomberg.com)
Profiles
- A profile of Buzz Aldrin. (gq.com)
- A profile of Elizabeth Holmes CEO of blood testing pioneer Theranos. (newyorker.com)
- A profile of Laura Hillenbrand author of "Seabiscuit" and "Unbreakable."* (nytimes.com)
Books
- A review of Atul Gawande's "Being Mortal."* (nybooks.com)
- An excerpt from Marie Kondo's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."* (slate.com)
Suburbs
- Big suburban houses are back in vogue. (forbes.com)
- How solar power and electric cars can make the suburbs awesome again. (washingtonpost.com)
History
- Hijackers dominated the skies (and news) in the 1970s. (blog.longreads.com)
- The story of how baseball cards when from a hobby into a full-blown bubble. (economist.com)
