Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the ongoing popularity of Dave Ramsey.
Profiles
- A big, wide-ranging interview with Warren Buffett. (ft.com)
- Bill Gates will spend more of his life giving his money away than making it. (fortune.com)
- A big profile of Tom Barrack and Colony Capital. (ft.com)
Business
- Companies want to re-train their workers but it isn't as easy as it sounds. (wsj.com)
- Why CEOs are worried about capitalism itself. (ft.com)
- What are the unique challenge of letting Big Tech into banking? (milkenreview.org)
- What makes for a 'great business.' (traviswiedower.com)
Environment
- The war between paper towels and hand dryers is ongoing. (theguardian.com)
- What does it take to suck carbon out of the atmosphere at a global scale? (washingtonpost.com)
Book excerpts
- An excerpt from Kristin L. Hoganson's "The Heartland: An American History." (longreads.com)
- An excerpt from Matt and Ted Lee's "Hotbox: Inside Catering, the Food World’s Riskiest Business." (longreads.com)
- An excerpt from "Underland: A Deep Time Journey." by Robert Macfarlane. (theguardian.com)
Longreads
- Maintenance is boring. Crises drive action. The case of Notre Dame. (slate.com)
- A great story that illustrates "you are not your job." (deadspin.com)
- What do we lose when local grocery stores go under? (longreads.com)
- How decriminalized psilocybin became a possibility in Denver. (westword.com)
- Cold cases are warming up with the help of your DNA. (nytimes.com)
- The story of the June 1954 'meteotsunami' in Lake Michigan. (chicagotribune.com)
- The party at the Hahnenkamm downhill race is as exciting as the race itself. (newyorker.com)
- A history of the curveball. (lithub.com)