Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at a clinic that is having success treating chronic insomnia.
Business
- Business and investing lessons from the movie "Caddyshack." (25iq.com)
- On the characteristics (and prevalence) of winner-take-all markets. (fs.blog)
- How ClassPass is killing the big box gym. (theringer.com)
- How a NFL player and a Goldman Sachs ($GS) associate got caught up insider trading. (bloomberg.com)
The Personality Brokers
- A Q&A with Merve Emre's "The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing." (longreads.com)
- An excerpt from Merve Emre's "The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing." (quietrev.com)
Non-finance
- The Apple ($AAPL) Watch is the future of personalized medicine. (steveblank.com)
- The story of the vegetable 'peeler that saved the world,' the OXO Swivel. (fastcompany.com)
- An excerpt from Brian Phillips' "Impossible Owls: Essays." (theringer.com)
- The story of the classic SNL sketch featuring Da Bears Super Fans. (theringer.com)