Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the pressures facing women (and men) in today’s work culture.
Quote of the Day
"In short, elite American universities and their associated professional schools are no longer selling an education. They are – like medieval guilds – institutions who operate in the interest of the members of the guild."
(Rusty Guinn)
Book excerpts
- An excerpt from "From The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way" by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles. (forge.medium.com)
- An excerpt from “The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite” by Michael Lind. (wsj.com)
Profiles
- Five years on, colleagues look back at the legacy of ESPN's Stuart Scott. (theringer.com)
- A profile of comedian Rob Delaney. (esquire.com)
Pseudoscience
- How to tell good science from bad. (fs.blog)
- Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop celebrates pseudoscience. (newscientist.com)
- Why men and women alike should run away from Goop-like pseudoscience. (fatherly.com)
Longreads
- How our embrace of technology has changed the physical spaces we occupy, and not for the better. (theatlantic.com)
- The academic literature on higher education is almost entirely focused on job skills and financial returns. (chronicle.com)
- Strava Fitness is the number one app for runners and cyclists. (theguardian.com)
- This is the story of La Trinité, "the most important shipwreck ever found in North America." (hakaimagazine.com)
- What if its the depressed who are truly seeing the world for what it is? (aeon.co)
