Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at why abandoning vulnerable areas near the coast is so difficult.
Technology
- Silicon Valley has become a hotbed for foreign spies. (politico.com)
- What comes next after the lithium ion battery? (wired.co.uk)
- An oral history of General Magic the company that made a smartphone a decade before the iPhone. (nymag.com)
Finance
- If Finance Twitter worth the risk for financial professionals? (institutionalinvestor.com)
- The auditing industry no longer serves as a watchdog. (ft.com)
- Are donor-advised funds a useful innovation or a tool for abuse? You make the call. (nytimes.com)
Longform
- An extended Q&A with Steven Pinker author of "Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress." (blog.lareviewofbooks.org)
- The growing need for 'last mile' deliveries is going to require new business models. (strategy-business.com)
- How wellness became a new religion. (qz.com)
- Allbirds is making flip-flops, but that is the least interesting part of the story. (fastcompany.com)
- How box office numbers became a thing unto itself. (theringer.com)
- The 100 best TV episodes this century. (besttv.theringer.com)
