Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at America’s obsession with orthodontia.
Quote of the Day
"(N)ew tools start out being made to fit the existing workflows, but over time the workflows change to fit the tools."
(Benedict Evans)
Longform links
- How the Chinese government allowed themselves to get into such a pickle with an overheated stock market. (theguardian.com)
- How Aggregation Theory explains the biggest industry shifts in the Internet era. (stratechery.com)
- Why the blockchain matters. (wired.co.uk)
- Some perspective on the death of the free-ranging Internet. (medium.com)
- An interview with Daniel Kahneman author of "Thinking Fast and Slow."* (theguardian.com)
- Has mindfulness made up ineffective? (magazine.good.is)
- A review of the science of yoga. (vox.com)
- An oral history of the deadly 1995 heat wave in Chicago. (chicagomag.com)
- A profile of Nic Pizzolatto creator of the True Detective series. (vanityfair.com)
- Meet Ben Schlappig of FlyerTalk who pretty much flies for a living. (rollingstone.com)
- One of the largest ranches in the US is for sale for a cool $725 million. (bloomberg.com)
- What makes a longform piece go viral? (fastcompany.com)
