Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why most people think the world is getting worse not better.
Companies
- Behind the scenes of McDonald's ($MCD) decision to go cage-free. (fortune.com)
- DraftKings and FanDuel were ubiquitous on TV last year. What happened? (espn.com)
- Lessons from the mess that is Viacom ($VIAB). (lefsetz.com)
Longform
- A dozen things learned about startups and investing from Naval Ravikant. (25iq.com)
- Todd Newman eventually beat back charges of insider trading but lost a lot along the way. (fortune.com)
- Don't fear the robots. (wsj.com)
- Billionaires are fighting to get into space. (washingtonpost.com)
- Six lessons from Ed Catmull co-founder of Pixar and author of "Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration." (thewaiterspad.com)
- 20 big questions about the future of humanity. (scientificamerican.com)
- 20 timeless rules for a night. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- Americans are way overparenting. (newscientist.com)
- An extended interview with Norm Macdonald the funniest man without a TV show. (washingtonpost.com)
