Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how Fortnite became the biggest game in the world.
Business
- 12 lessons from Rob Hayes of First Round Capital. (25iq.com)
- Amazon's ($AMZN) war on the outdoor gear industry revealed. (outsideonline.com)
- China has leapfrogged the rest of the world when it comes to fintech adoption. (ft.com)
Sports
- A 'digital dinosaur' comes to the conclusion that e-sports is going to be huge. (kc-roi.com)
- Why isn't Mike Trout a mega-star? (washingtonpost.com)
- A quantitative take on why this pair of running shoes actually makes you run faster. (nytimes.com)
Longform
- Do we want health insurers hoovering up our non-health related data? (propublica.org)
- Coincidences are just that: random events. Why do we put so much emphasis on them? (aeon.co)
- Science is giving us insights into psychedelics and their ability to treat mental illness. (brainpickings.org)
- Russ Roberts on how he changed his self-image later on in life. (medium.com)
- The research on the benefits of meditation seem to be skewed. (aeon.co)
- In praise of mass market cruises. (nytimes.com)
- Anthony Bourdain's final interview. (popula.com)
