Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how Russia plans to take advantage of climate change.
Quote of the Day
"To truly prepare itself against the next pandemic, the U.S. has to reimagine what preparedness looks like. Every epidemic is different, as new pathogens with unique characteristics emerge from different regions. But those pathogens eventually test the same health systems and expose the same historical inequities."
(Ed Yong)
Pandemic
- Central business districts are, at best, in a holding pattern until office buildings fill back up again. (wsj.com)
- How one London restaurant managed through the pandemic. (london.eater.com)
- Was the college football season worth it? (nytimes.com)
- What can we still learn from the 1918 pandemic. (thenation.com)
Longreads
- On the difference between Type I and Type II charlatans. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- The Vimeo spin-off is classic Barry Diller: a look at his playbook. (thegeneralist.substack.com)
- How 2020 changed the movie business, likely forever. (variety.com)
- Boom towns differ in the details but have a lot in common. (newrepublic.com)
- Here's one thing other species don't do: read. (nautil.us)
