Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the advantages of traffic roundabouts.
Finance
- 9 simple statements that will change how you think about the world. (fool.com)
- On the dangers of relying on Google ($GOOG) Search when doing investment research. (thinkadvisor.com)
- Smart beta 2.0: a disruptive innovation. (blog.gavekalcapital.com)
- Why do humans gamble (speculate)? (philosophicaleconomics.com)
- “Figure out who you are when you are at your best.” (thewaiterspad.com)
- Why Bloomberg so closely controls its own network. (fastcompany.com)
- The risk of suicide and the relentless pace of Wall Street. (nytimes.com)
Non-finance
- Some lessons from forecasting from Tetlock and Gardner's "Superforecasting."* (doc.research-and-analytics.csfb.com)
- Twitter's ($TWTR) moment has arrived. (stratechery.com)
- Why have digital books stopped innovating? (aeon.co)
- A profile of super-connector Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn ($LNKD) fame. (newyorker.com)
- Why aren't America's shipping ports more automated? (priceonomics.com)
- 'Big soda' is losing the war on its products. (nytimes.com)
- What advertising does to television. (newyorker.com)
- Why Howard Stern should go solo. (calacanis.com)
- Should you ever use a pie chart? (priceonomics.com)