Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at investing lessons from The Dude.
Quote of the Day
"For the individual, college pays. This does not mean, however, that higher education paves the way to general prosperity or social justice."
(Bryan Caplan)
Investing
- Benoit Mandelbrot’s ideas about Investing and markets. (25iq.com)
- Bill Ackman is hoping for a turnaround in 2018. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- The Q3 2017 edition of the GMO quarterly letter including a look at what happens if inflation picks up. (gmo.com)
- A big profile of Jim Simons and his work at The Flatiron Institute. (newyorker.com)
Technology
- Why the Google ($GOOGL) AlphaZero news is such a big deal. (en.chessbase.com)
- The Agile Manifesto and the software revolution it spawned was hatched at ski resort in Utah. (theatlantic.com)
- Sexism was a part of computer science from the get-go. (wsj.com)
Longform
- The Swiss private bank is losing its luster. (ft.com)
- Hurricanes are so devastating in the US because we don't restrict building in flood plains. (reuters.com)
- Globally we throw away 1/3 of the food we grow. (nytimes.com)
- Where does intuition stand, in the age of big data? (1843magazine.com)
- How Adidas became so enmeshed with the University of Louisville. (espn.com)
- Austin, Texas loves its neon signs. (curbed.com)
