Saturdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the potential power of predictive policing.
Quote of the Day
"Top 0.01% success is a multiplicative system: Everything’s gotta go right. The world is too competitive to allow for anything else."
(Shane Parrish)
Longform
- An extended profile of David Swensen, CIO of the successful Yale University endowment. (nytimes.com)
- Why we are so bad at self-evaluation. (arstechnica.com)
- Vacations are no longer about relaxation, they are about becoming a better person. (nytimes.com)
- Why power posing is BS. (slate.com)
Companies
- What is Michael Ferro trying to accomplish at tronc ($TRNC). (bloomberg.com)
- Why Twitter ($TWTR) must be saved. (stratechery.com)
- Microsoft ($MSFT) and Salesforce ($CRM) used to be buddies. However LinkedIn ($LNKD) came between them. (nytimes.com)
