Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the future of YouTube in the age of ubiquitous online video.
Finance
- Andrew Lo on piecing together the Adaptive Markets Hypothesis. (evonomics.com)
- How technical analysis is akin to becoming a sommelier. (allstarcharts.com)
- The DryShips ($DRYS) saga is even weirder than you think. (wsj.com)
- Economics as a religion: an excerpt from "Twilight of the Money Gods: Economics as a Religion and How it all Went Wrong" by John Rapley. (theguardian.com)
Business
- It's not possible to create a business model in '12 easy steps.' (25iq.com)
- Lending was frowned upon for much of history. What changed? (aeon.co)
- How Apple ($AAPL) Capitalism differs from Google ($GOOGL) Capitalism. (theatlantic.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) is happy to pay academics who write research. (wsj.com)
- Why Any Rand is NOT a management guru. (nytimes.com)
General
- Computer scientists are running out of games to compete with humans. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Why the maxims of Baltasar Gracián are still relevant today. (artofmanliness.com)
- The case against chiropractors. (theoutline.com)
- Seven steps to building better habits. (bakadesuyo.com)
- How Mike and the Mad Dog helped create modern sports talk radio. (thedailybeast.com)