Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including an examination of America’s obsession with self-help advice.
Technology
- AlphaZero could be the onset of a new AI age. (ft.com)
- What anti-trust remedies are there to the dominance of Big Tech? (wsj.com)
Blockchain
- Steven Johnson on blockchain as the last, best hope for open protocols. (nytimes.com)
- Why you see James Altucher's face on so many online ads for cryptocurrency newsletters. (finance.yahoo.com)
Longform
- Brent Beshore's year-in-review piece is a great read. (adventur.es)
- Why time management systems don't address the real issue and only make things worse. (theguardian.com)
- On the difference between probabilities and expected values. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- How the baby advice industry plays on parents' insecurities. (theguardian.com)
- A profile of some of the last remaining 'pinball doctors.' (motherboard.vice.com)
