Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a profile of Dan Rasmussen of Verdad Capital.
Quote of the Day
"Internet-scale networked platforms managed by algorithm are fundamentally changing the economic equation and the very nature of markets."
(Tim O'Reilly)
Technology
- Why the big four technology companies seem immune to disruption, for now. (stratechery.com)
- "Would requiring people to pay for Facebook really fix its problems?" (slate.com)
- Why quitting Facebook ($FB) is so difficult. (theverge.com)
- Should companies be legally allowed to 'hack back' against hackers? (newyorker.com)
AI
- Five takeaways from the economics of artificial intelligence. (mckinsey.com)
- Some scenarios on how AI will play out in society-at-large. (smithsonianmag.com)
Longform
- 12 lessons on business and life from John Cleese. (25iq.com)
- Short sellers are a dying breed. Why it's so hard to go against the crowd. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Don't let the rhetoric of politics fool you, America is getting better in many different ways. (theatlantic.com)
- The story of a guy who built an algorithm that made him rich betting on horse racing. (bloomberg.com)
- Biology is the next great computing platform. (wired.com)
- Humanely killed fish taste better. (topic.com)
- The FBI is in crisis. (time.com)
