Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the state of the media bubble.
Quote of the Day
“There’s no such thing as the best chess player in the world. There’s only the best chess player at the particular mix of speed and power at which we choose to play international competitions.”
(Malcolm Gladwell)
Finance
- Ben Inker of GMO on what keeps him up at night. (gmo.com)
- How an accomplished investor got seduced by the startup scene and tanked his hedge fund's performance. (wsj.com)
- A study that demonstrates the horrible lack of diversity in finance. (bellaresearch.com)
- The problem with putting shareholder value at the center of the business universe. (bloomberg.com)
Football
- The future of football: a thought experiment. (sbnation.com)
- The NFL is pushing into streaming video as its cash cow, TV, is threatened. (recode.net)
Membership
Entertainment
- How Hulu built its new live TV product. (theverge.com)
- Is the National Lampoon brand dead and buried? (vanityfair.com)
- Like it or not, AI is already firmly embedded in the creative industries. (strategy-business.com)
Longform
- Can Wal-Mart's ($WMT) e-commerce arm compete effectively with Amazon ($AMZN)? (bloomberg.com)
- Millennials don't seem to care about furniture. (buzzfeed.com)
- The modern world is hopelessly complex. Our minds are not....problem. (aeon.co)
- Where oil rigs go to die. (theguardian.com)
- Why people love the color blue. (medium.com)
- A profile of Chris Rock. (rollingstone.com)
