Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the emptying out of America’s mainline churches.
Lessons
- A dozen lessons learned from Ed Thorp about investing. (25iq.com)
- Ten lessons learned from Brent Beshore. (medium.com)
- Three lessons learned from the Bernie Madoff scandal. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
People
- A profile of Ben and David Horowitz, a most unlikely American family. (nytimes.com)
- Glen Campbell is the most underappreciated musician in America. (theweek.com)
- How Jony Ive helped mastermind the new Apple ($AAPL) headquarters building. (wsj.com)
Business
- Jeffrey Katzenberg wants to create original short-form content optimized for mobile devices. (variety.com)
- Fine art galleries are finally embracing online sales. (theverge.com)
- Is the commercialization of meditation going to ruin it? (outsideonline.com)
- Why did Lily Drone fail? (wired.com)
Longform
- Robo-advisors are putting pressure on financial advisor fees. (wsj.com)
- Norway has more oil to pull from the ground, the question is at what cost? (ft.com)
- Mom and Pop stores are going by the wayside because no one wants to run them any more. (nytimes.com)
- What constitutes 'critical mass'? (financialsamurai.com)
- Are tiny homes just a fad? (curbed.com)
- How Claude Shannon and Ed Thorp built a machine to beat the casinos at roulette. (nautil.us)
- Fender is trying to make it easier to learn to play guitar. (businessinsider.com)
- How far it will take you to travel to see the coming solar eclipse. (fivethirtyeight.com)
