Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the “Harvard Business School of Pot.”
Longform link
- The world is getting older, faster than commonly thought. (wsj.com)
- People buy software for what it does for the buyer. (stratechery.com)
- Don't discount the efficacy of self-help books. (aeon.co)
- You can take an extra 30% off any print book at Amazon through November 30th. Use the HOLIDAY30 code when you checkout. (amazon.com)
- Why can't we create a splash-proof toilet? (priceonomics.com)
- Lessons learned from the death of one of the last great video rental stores. (vox.com)
- Why Chicago takes deep-dish pizza so seriously. An excerpt from "The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food" by Matthew Gavin Frank.* (blog.longreads.com)
- Why does American Samoa create so many talented football players? (story.californiasunday.com)
- How Caltech's basketball went from a joke to competitive. (si.com)
