Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at why we fall for cons.
Delivery
- UPS ($UPS) reorganized itself around e-commerce and it worked. (fortune.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) could be doing more to make its delivery network as safe as possible. (buzzfeednews.com)
Business
- How the counterculture of the 1960s become mainstream capitalism. (1843magazine.com)
- Can the big American casket monopoly get disrupted? (thehustle.co)
- Airbnb is playing catch-up to try and make its service safer for users. (wsj.com)
Policy
- There is no shortage of multi-employer pension funds in need of a bailout. (nytimes.com)
- Underwater mining is getting underway and the impact is unfathomable. (theatlantic.com)
- More examples of the struggles family farmers are having to make ends meet. (washingtonpost.com)
Longreads
- A big part of success in life is simply 'not being stupid.' (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
- The story of what happens when a 52-year old Navy SEAL enrolls at Yale. (medium.com)
- What can we learn from novels about avoid the mid-life slump. (forge.medium.com)
- A profile of ultramarathon runner Rob Krar and his struggle with depression. (outsideonline.com)
- There is a time for informed skepticism and a time for openness. The challenge is knowing which is which. (rationalwalk.com)
