Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at why women leave the technology industry.
Denunciation
- We live in the modern era of denunciation. (wsj.com)
- Why outrage is so easy to muster. (fastcompany.com)
Mother Earth
- Sea levels could rise faster than commonly thought due to melting ice. (grist.org)
- Earth will try and kill us once again. She always does. (arstechnica.com)
- Civilizations don't collapse for any single reason. (aeon.co)
Book deals
- You can get $5 off a $20 book order at Amazon using the promo code GIFTBOOK17. (amazon.com)
- Blinkist is running a huge Black Friday deal. Get a year of Blinkist Premium for just $39.99! Get big ideas for the best non-fiction books all delivered to your phone. (jump.blinkist.com)
- Amazon Kindle and Kindle Paperwhites are still $30 off. (amazon.com)
Technology
- Twelve business lessons from Ben Thompson of Stratechery. (25iq.com)
- How to fix the Macbook Pro (marco.org)
- Remember spam? It's back. (theoutline.com)
Longform
- How Bill Browder became the Kremlin's enemy number one. (gq.com)
- New York City's subways used to be awesome. Today, not so much. (nytimes.com)
- What happens when you train for month to play chess world champion Magnus Carlsen. (wsj.com)
- Why former Baltimore Raven John Urschel chose math over the NFL. (si.com)
- These are the eight friends you need in life, including 'the connector.' (bakadesuyo.com)
- In the UK, sandwiches are an industry unto itself. (theguardian.com)