Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the oligopoly that controls the road salt business.
Quote of the Day
"A great future isn’t complicated: we need technology to create more wealth, and policy to fairly distribute it."
(Sam Altman)
Books
- An except on decision making from Ted Seides' new book "Capital Allocators." (annieduke.com)
- A Q&A with Alec MacGillis author of "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America." (wired.com)
- An except from Ronald Brownstein's "Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics." (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from Mark Carney's new book "Value(s): Building A Better World For All." (theguardian.com)
- A Q&A with Kimberly Nicholas author of the new book "Under the Sky We Make: How to be Human in a Warming World." (scientificamerican.com)
Technology
- Clubhouse has made a name for itself. What comes next? (wired.com)
- Opposition is growing to Big Tech's big rake of developer revenue. (marker.medium.com)
- A deep dive into DAOs and their relationship to NFTs. (notboring.co)
Privacy
- Like it or not, facial recognition technology is getting mainstreamed. (nytimes.com)
- Gambling apps know a lot about you. (nytimes.com)
Longreads
- A big profile of CVS ($CVS) CEO Karen Lynch and the company's role in Covid vaccinations. (fortune.com)
- Recent attacks have brought the issue of Asian American discrimination to the forefront. (buzzfeednews.com)
- Understanding the Roaring 20's as a reaction to the Great War and Spanish Flu. (politico.com)
- How the economics of the entertainment industry work against musicians. (prospect.org)
- No matter how you measure it, the physical and mental toll on commercial fishermen is significant. (hakaimagazine.com)
- The long decline in U.S. crime rates is seemingly over. (theatlantic.com)
