Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the political battle brewing around fake meat.
Finance
- We understand risk we experience, less so that from the history books. (collaborativefund.com)
- The long bull market has done little to fix public pension funds. (wsj.com)
- A behavioural finance toolkit. (aberdeenstandard.com)
Places
- Rural towns in the West are still growing, in contrast with the rest of the country. (washingtonpost.com)
- Seattle has a bit of a love-hate relationship with Amazon ($AMZN). (washingtonpost.com)
Science
- Brain imaging is making headway in determining how and why we think. (wsj.com)
- Research shows we are increasingly eating ourselves to death. (thelancet.com)
- Scientists are looking for clues to alien life here on Earth. (wsj.com)
Society
- Modern life has completely transformed how we think about time. (nautil.us)
- What things will we look back on in 50 years and shake our heads at. (vox.com)
Longreads
- Asia's biggest economies are rapidly aging. (asia.nikkei.com)
- Thinking about a workable, regulatory framework for the Internet. (stratechery.com)
- Charity:water is run more like a start-up than a philanthropy. (nytimes.com)
- What it's like to be the head of HR at Amazon ($AMZN). (fastcompany.com)
- The ultimate guide to writing online. (perell.com)
- Kids ask A LOT of questions during a typical day. (lastwordonnothing.com)
- In praise of doing nothing. (thebaffler.com)