Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the warehouse fire that destroyed all manner of music recordings that no one is talking about.
Must reads
- Arthur C. Brooks, "The Principle of Psychoprofessional Gravitation can help explain the many cases of people who have done work of world-historical significance yet wind up feeling like failures." (theatlantic.com)
- On the importance of staying the game. (albertbridgecapital.com)
Parenting
- Patrick A. Coleman, "As anxieties over our children’s future economic success are exploited, family life has become a crucible of stress and striving." (fatherly.com)
- On the rise of snowplow parents in youth athletics. (si.com)
Business
- Active fund managers have done nothing wrong but that is not stopping them from losing their jobs. (thereformedbroker.com)
- A profile of Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton. (bloomberg.com)
- Wasn't HR supposed to be the bulwark against workplace discrimination? (theatlantic.com)
Media
- Rural America has already lost its newspapers. Now its losing its radio stations as well. (theguardian.com)
- A history of Serious Eats. (grubstreet.com)
Longreads
- The mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is not all that much of a mystery. (theatlantic.com)
- How the introduction of the automobile changed policing. (bostonreview.net)
- In defense of inconvenience. (designobserver.com)
- Truly getting off the grid these days is really hard. (nytimes.com)
- Should zoos exist? (fastcompany.com)
