Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why you should skeptical of academic finance findings.
Startups
- Nootrobox’s mission is to improve the way we function on a daily basis. (bloomberg.com)
- Whatever happened to the 3D printing boom? (theawl.com)
- An inside look behind the secretive startup Palantir. (buzzfeed.com)
- A profile of Evan Spiegel CEO of Snapchat. (recode.net)
Longform
- A dozen things learned from Bernard Baruch about investing. (25iq.com)
- Why Google ($GOOG) Fiber is such a big deal. (recode.net)
- Facebook ($FB) and the danger of political confirmation bias. (stratechery.com)
- On the tyranny of the never-finished document. Insights from "Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing" by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum. (newrepublic.com)
- Is 'grit' being oversold. A look at Angela Duckworth's popular book "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance." (slate.com)
- What would happen if GPS failed? (newyorker.com)
- The day two teens discovered their parents were Russian spies. (theguardian.com)
- Women used to overwhelmingly coach women's college sports. Not any more. (revealnews.org)
- How Louis C.K. made the revolutionary "Horace and Pete." (thewaiterspad.com)
- The history of breakfast. (priceonomics.com)
