Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including looks at two new ways we grow food.
Quote of the Day
"I had dinner with Warren Buffett about a year ago, and he pointed out that for a piece of information to be worth pursuing, it should be important, and it should be knowable. These days, investors are clamoring more than ever for insights regarding the macro future, because it’s important: it moves markets. But there’s a hitch: Warren and I both consider these things largely unknowable. He rarely bases his investment actions on them, and neither does Oaktree."
(Howard Marks)
Companies
- The veterinary industry is becoming increasingly corporatized. (bloomberg.com)
- Some advice for @jack and Twitter ($TWTR). (25iq.com)
- No one knows nothing. On the tenth anniversary of the Apple ($AAPL) TV. (stratechery.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is pushing hard to go global. (bloomberg.com)
Business
- Farmers are trying to move up the value chain, this time whiskey. (wsj.com)
- The convoluted story behind the rise of the 'MyPillow.' (bloomberg.com)
- Meditation centers are going to go national at some point, a la SoulCycle or Starbucks. (nymag.com)
- Good luck trying to protect a viral product these days. (bloomberg.com)
Health
- Why is measuring pain so difficult and subjective? (mosaicscience.com)
- Diet Coke is not killing you. (theoutline.com)
- Does "young blood" actually ameliorate aging? (technologyreview.com)
Longform
- The story of the US vs. Steven Cohen. (newyorker.com)
- We should think of the golden age of television, when everything watched the same three networks, as a passing phase. (mobile.nytimes.com)
- We really don't have much good data on the effects of porn. (aeon.co)
- Free doesn't necessarily mean valuable. Especially when it comes to your time. (thewaiterspad.com)
- Being cool is overrated. (heleo.com)
