Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the origins of greed and fear.
- 15 years later, what exactly is Facebook ($FB)? (wired.com)
- Roger McNamee thinks big tech needs additional regulation around data and privacy. (ft.com)
Money
- Confessions of an (investment manager) content marketer. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- A profile of Martin Lewis, Britain's most famous and trusted money expert. (theguardian.com)
- More people approaching retirement still have notable student-related debt. (wsj.com)
Business
- Fortnite is super popular, but that is not why it is interesting for the future of gaming and media. (qz.com)
- How Trinity Church in lower Manhattan became a real estate powerhouse. (nytimes.com)
- Prince's Hot Chicken Shack invented hot, fried chicken but has not profited from the boom. (newyorker.com)
- Has StockX killed sneaker culture? (deadspin.com)
Longform
- How the Permian Basin became the world's second largest oil field. (nytimes.com)
- The effects of climate change are far-reaching: an excerpt from "The Uninhabitable Earth" by David Wallace-Wells. (nymag.com)
- Is the world going to run out of people? (wired.com)
- Are 'tiny houses' a solution in search of a problem? (believermag.com)
- A profile of Charles W. Howard, the porta-potty king of New York City. (nymag.com)
- How the movie "Office Space" changed the world of work. (bbc.com)
- Here's hoping Luke Hagerty makes it back to the big leagues. (espn.com)
