Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how our physical infrastructure was built with a different climate regime in mind.
Quote of the Day
"Selection is an editorial act, whether it is done with humans or algorithmically."
(Frederick Filloux)
Longreads
- Theodore R. Johnson, "Racism remains a national Achilles heel because it forces a confrontation with our identity and demands that the proper balance of liberty and security be available to all citizens regardless of their race or ethnicity." (nationalreview.com)
- A 100 years ago, Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma was called the 'Black Wall Street.' That ended in a 'great racial cataclysm.' (theringer.com)
- The reform of policing in America is important, but it is a small part of what has gone wrong. (newyorker.com)
- Broadly speaking, technological innovation has slowed. Will the pandemic remove barriers to an acceleration in innovation? (ft.com)
- Banks have skated so far in the pandemic. Will CLOs be their downfall this time around? (theatlantic.com)
- The pandemic has put us in the midst of one of the world's biggest psychological experiments. (scientificamerican.com)
