Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the differences between working for a startup and a big company like Google.
Quote of the Day
"The unprecedented scientific and technological successes of 2020 didn’t solve the Covid-19 crisis. They turned the epidemic from a natural calamity into a political dilemma."
(Yuval Noah Hariri)
Cal Newport
- A Q&A with Cal Newport author of the new book "A World Without Email." (fortune.com)
- Brett McKay talks with Cal Newport about his new book "A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Information Overload." (artofmanliness.com)
Books
- A Q&A with Judson Brewer author of "Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind." (wsj.com)
- Five insights' from Roy Grinker's new book "Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness." (nextbigideaclub.com)
Longreads
- Has Jack done that much worse a job running Twitter ($TWTR) vs. Square ($SQ)? (notboring.co)
- The Murdoch family is real life example of 'Succession.' (ft.com)
- Ubiquitous doorbell cameras are no longer an unalloyed good for police. (washingtonpost.com)
- New rules around hemp opened up a loophole for the production of 'marijuana lite' or Delta-8-THC. (nytimes.com)
- Subway loves to run $5 footlong sub deals. Too bad franchisees hate them. (thehustle.co)
- The American chestnut tree is not going to make comeback without a lot of help. (sierraclub.org)
- An oral history of the controversial 'Lost' finale. (vulture.com)
