Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how much parents matter to children.
Companies
- Inside the story of Hampton Creek the "fake mayo" makers. (bloomberg.com)
- The new Oracle ($ORCL) looks a lot like the old Oracle. (stratechery.com)
- American business is looking a little too cozy for monopolists. (theatlantic.com)
- Six lessons from building Instagram. (thewaiterspad.com)
- How companies "enshrine collective stupidity." (aeon.co)
Longform
- The economics of a $40,000 public speech. (priceonomics.com)
- Machine learning techniques will soon be available to the masses. (backchannel.com)
- A profile of Yvon Chouinard, philosopher-king of clothing maker Patagonia. (newyorker.com)
- Charles Rotblut talks with Philip Tetlock co-author of “Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction.” (aaii.com)
- How biological thinking can help. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- Communal living is not a new thing. (theatlantic.com)
- Why you should be highly skeptical of the 'power pose' effect. (faculty.haas.berkeley.edu)
- How to write a book according to Ryan Holiday. (thewaiterspad.com)
- Why did director Martin Brest fall off the Hollywood map? (playboy.com)
- Tyler Cowen thinks Kanye is a musical genius. (vox.com)
