Fridays are all about podcast links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the “power of positive leadership.”
Quote of the Day
"There’s a huge, significant drop-off in comprehension at 50 percent compression, or 2x speed...I would say after 25 percent, around 1.5x, you’re starting to really hinder yourself. You can compress it a bunch of times, but when you get past 1.5x you’re starting to really sacrifice learning."
(Raymond Pastore an assistant professor of instructional technology at the University of North Carolina–Wilmington)
Finance
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks again with Leigh Drogen about how traditional asset managers can compete with quants. (investorfieldguide.com)
- A talk with Sheelah Kolhatkar author of "Black Edge" about the underside of hedge funds. (bigthink.com)
- Meb Faber talks with David Varadi of QuantX Funds about managing risk. (mebfaber.com)
- Jesse Felder talks with William White about the end of 'ultra-easy money.' (thefelderreport.com)
- Financial literacy, around the world, is awful. Will education actually help? (freakonomics.com)
Tyler Cowen
- Michael Covel talks with Tyler Cowen about his new book "The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream." (trendfollowing.com)
- Tyler Cowen talks with comedian Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report. (soundcloud.com)
Episodes
- Barry Ritholtz talks with Rich Barton on how his focus on making data available to consumers informed his many startups. (ritholtz.com)
- Tim Ferriss talks with Michael Gervais about overcoming fear and anxiety. (tim.blog)
- Brett McKay talks with Joseph Badaracco author of the book "Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing." (artofmanliness.com)
- Jordan Harbinger talks with Bill Nye, the Science Guy, about his new book "Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity, and Solve Any Problem." (theartofcharm.com)
- Sam Harris talks with Mark Bowden author of "Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam" about the intractable problem that is North Korea. (samharris.org)
- James Altucher talks with best-selling author Alex Berenson. (medium.com)
- Bill Simmons asks Eric Garcetti and Casey Wasserman why LA would want to host the 2028 Olympics? (art19.com)
- What happened when an online scammer calls Alex Goldman of Reply All. (overcast.fm)
