Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at why we still find Gordon Gekko’s character so fascinating.
Behavior
- How presentism can get us all in trouble. (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
- Not all strange behavior need not be irrational. (behavioralscientist.org)
Sports
- How Sunil Gulati became the most powerful man in US soccer. (espnfc.com)
- How Michael Phelps has become a resource for other athletes struggling with depression and anxiety. (nytimes.com)
- Where did Tim Lincecum go? (mercurynews.com)
Food
- How junk food is transforming Brazilian society. (nytimes.com)
- How Nashville hot chicken went big. (eater.com)
Longform
- A dozen lessons from physicist Murray Gell-Mann that apply to business, investing and life in general. (25iq.com)
- Computers are literally everywhere: why we are already living in the matrix. (theatlantic.com)
- Why Wall Streeters love to play chess with Lev Alburt. (bloomberg.com)
- Nest 3.0 wants to automate (and secure) your whole home. (wired.com)
- This story made the rounds this week and is well worth reading through to the end. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)