Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a threat to the car rental industry.
Longform links
- Welcome to Nudge 2.0: we are all irrational and that is ok. (nautil.us)
- How Kellogg's ($K) lost the breakfast battle. (bloomberg.com)
- A deep dive into the battle between HBO and Netflix ($NFLX). (mediaredefined.com)
- Google ($GOOG) is getting closer to offering global Internet via balloons. (theverge.com)
- Why Buzzfeed is the most important news organization in the world. (stratechery.com)
- Why we all need a secular Sabbath. (ideas.ted.com)
- How can a plane, MH370, simply disappear? (gq.com)
Book excerpts
- Why you shouldn't buy the worst house in the best neighborhood: an excerpt from "Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Spencer Rascoff and Stan Humphries"* (qz.com)
- An excerpt from Caitlin Doughty's "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory."* (vox.com)
- An excerpt from David Gelles' "Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business From the Inside Out."* (nytimes.com)
