Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look some business lessons learned from Oprah Winfrey.
Longform links
- People are complicated, so is the psychology of money. (collaborativefund.com)
- The break up between WhatsApp founders and Facebook ($FB) was $1.3 billion ugly. (wsj.com)
- The economy has far outrun the ability of current financial reporting to capture it. (hbr.org)
- How much of the workforce is engaged in "bullshit jobs"? Maybe more than you think. (newyorker.com)
- It's hard to talk about generations, but it is hard not to when it comes to global Millennials. (ft.com)
- How Netflix ($NFLX) became a content-generating machine. (vulture.com)
- How journalism lost touch with the people it serves. (cjr.org)
- How did America swerve off into overprotecting its children? (wsj.com)
- Wall Street emphasizes the need for 'mental toughness.' However there is no shame in needing help. (epsilontheory.com)
- What it's like to trip on magic mushrooms from Michael Pollan's "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence." (theatlantic.com)