Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the enigma that is the placebo effect.
Finance and economy
- The best investment policy statements are brief. (epsilontheory.com)
- The short story of the US economy, post-WWII. (collaborativefund.com)
Business
- Businesses are not prepared for a world where 'no one retires.' (hbr.org)
- The problem with the spread of the concept of 'intellectual property.' (aeon.co)
Media
- Netflix ($NFLX) is constantly trying to balance creative needs vs. algorithmic insights. (wsj.com)
- How podcasting is trying to balance storytelling and commercial interests. (newyorker.com)
Sports
- How Courtney Dauwalter almost won the most sadistic ultra-endurance race in the world. (deadspin.com)
- NBA teams want to own more of the commerce around their stadiums. (espn.com)
Porn
- What is the drive behind the surge in 'hustle porn'? (melmagazine.com)
- Pornography used to be a hot-button social issue. Not anymore. (politico.com)
Longform
- How did Larry Nassar get away with it for so long? (thecut.com)
- Xenotransplantation is coming closer to reality. (nytimes.com)
- A profile of Claire Lehmann editor of Quillette magazine publisher of 'dangerous ideas.' (politico.com)
- Why are younger generations having (a lot) less sex? (theatlantic.com)
- A simple approach to preventing suicide is surprisingly effective. (highline.huffingtonpost.com)
- On oral history of Nirvana's appearance on MTV's Unplugged. (theringer.com)
