Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the case against sugar.
Quote of the Day
"Snapchat is anti-influencer, anti-celebrity and anti-metric. In other words, the company is saying everything we know is wrong."
(Bob Lefsetz)
Business and economics
- What you can learn about business from a dozen lines from "The Godfather." (25iq.com)
- Changing economics is making political distinctions less important. (evonomics.com)
- The end of work is coming. Are we prepared? (aeon.co)
- The curse of credentialism. (baselinescenario.com)
- A portrait of an investing columnist as a (very) young man. (jasonzweig.com)
Offers
- Staying in tonight? You can rent a movie on Amazon for just $0.99 with the promo code 'MOVIE99.' (amazon.com)
- There is still time to binge watch three Amazon original shows including "Bosch." (amazon.com)
Longform
- CRISPR is a really big, f*cking deal. (newyorker.com)
- Putting the opioid crisis into perspective. (wsj.com)
- The Mosul Dam is failing. (newyorker.com)
- How to nurture a genius. (scientificamerican.com)
- A look at Alfonso Cuarón's "Children of Men" ten years in. (vulture.com)
- What happens when a Broadway show sells $1 million in tickets for the week? (ft.com)
- Why we get happier the older we get. (medium.com)
