Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how work became the religion of America.
Technology
- Airbnb has already transformed many European cities and neighborhoods. (ft.com)
- Lessons from Amazon ($AMZN) on how to deal with 'invisible asymptotes' in life and busineess. (eugenewei.com)
- The hype around AI is way overblown. (blog.piekniewski.info)
Psychedelics
- A Q&A with Michael Pollan author of "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence." (longreads.com)
- Three books about the growing psychedelic renaissance. (newyorker.com)
Art
- Most art is sitting in storage often in Foreign Trade Zone warehouses. (artsy.net)
- Science only gets you so far in authenticating works of art. (aeon.co)
Business
- Lessons learned from a long weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A) annual shareholder meeting. (work.qz.com)
- A dozen business lessons from Oprah Winfrey. (25iq.com)
- The Big Four accounting firms are as cozy as they have ever been with their corporate clients. (theguardian.com)
- How John Carreyrou author of "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" brought down Theranos. (nymag.com)
Longreads
- Scaling auto production is no small feat: this is the ultimate challenge for Tesla ($TSLA). (knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
- The Permian Basin is at the heart of America's energy revolution. (fortune.com)
- Planting avocado trees is a multi-decade proposition. (wired.com)
- Barbara Ehrenreich's criticism of our search for longevity is powerful. (newrepublic.com)
- What it's like to take Yale's most popular course: PSYC 157: Psychology and the Good Life. (thecut.com)
- We take our lighting choices for granted despite the knowledge about how important it is for us. (qz.com)
- An oral history of the Muppets. (slate.com)
