Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the current humility deficit in America.
Technology
- The rise and demise of RSS. (motherboard.vice.com)
- Big tech benefits from open source software but does little to pay for it. (stratechery.com)
- Ubiquitous computing the future. The only question is whether it is the smartphone? (wsj.com)
- Why big screens, i.e. TV and movie theaters, could go by the wayside. (om.co)
- An excerpt from James Griffiths’s new book "The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet. (technologyreview.com)
Profiles
- Maria Bartiromo was a financial television icon. Now she is a Trump "peep." (institutionalinvestor.com)
- A profile of former ESPN chief, John Skipper on the launch of DAZN, the "Netflix for sports." (bloomberg.com)
- A big profile of Tilray ($TLRY) CEO Brendan Kennedy. (fortune.com)
- Todd Marinovich has been alone for 49 years. (si.com)
Health
- Rising insulin prices are causing some diabetics to ration it use. (washingtonpost.com)
- Paul Cox thinks ethnobiology will help solve the problem of Alzheimer's disease. (fortune.com)
- There are legitimate concerns about marijuana legalization, but let's not overstate the case. (vox.com)
Trends
- What its like to be an 'Instagram husband' these days. (theatlantic.com)
- Hipsters are the new hunters. (wsj.com)
Longform
- Does discretionary asset management have a future? It does, if it embraces data in a new way. (leighdrogen.com)
- An excerpt from "The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition," by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn. (businessinsider.com)
- Self-lacing shoes seem like a gimmick, but there is a purpose there. A look inside Nike's ($NKE) design studio. (wired.com)
- Can (or should) you apply formal decision making processes to your own life? (newyorker.com)
- Nine musicians discuss what it is like to create while sober. (gq.com)