Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at hopes for a cure for the common cold.
Investing
- Two longer interviews in the most recent Graham and Doddsville newsletter with Howard Marks and Paul Sonkin and Paul Johnson authors of "Pitch the Perfect Investment." (www8.gsb.columbia.edu)
- A dozen lessons from Megan Quinn about a "Growth Mindset." (25iq.com)
- Access to information is not the same thing as meaning. (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
Business
- How small and mid-sizes businesses should think about the 800-pound gorilla that is Amazon ($AMZN). (adventur.es)
- This story about the online mattress wars will change how you look at online commerce. (fastcompany.com)
- How Angela Ahrendts is pushing Apple's ($AAPL) stores into their next decade. (buzzfeed.com)
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Technology
- Robots are coming for all sorts of Wall Street jobs. (bloomberg.com)
- What nomadic Mongolians can teach us about the future of technology. (wired.com)
- Online dating algorithms are only getting better and probably know you better than yourselves. (gizmodo.com)
Health
- The case for fasting to help lose weight. (blog.supplysideliberal.com)
- Gene therapy is coming: the upsides and downsides are many. (ft.com)
- We still don't really understand sleep. (digg.com)
- A profile of the Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma, key players in the opioid epidemic. (newyorker.com)
Longform
- Nobody admits to joining a 'cult' but we do it anyway. (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
- Supersized family farms are gobbling up American farmland. (wsj.com)
- How hurrican-vulnerable Cape Coral, Florida became one of the fastest growing cities in America. (politico.com)
- How Amy Cuddy got caught up in the wave of social science replication challenges. (nytimes.com)
- How to remember what you read. (farnamstreetblog.com)
