Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the potential end of the ‘War on Drugs.’
Quote of the Day
"Knowledge tends to stick when you’ve toiled for it."
(Jason Guriel)
Book excerpts
- An excerpt from “The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion” by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell. (wsj.com)
- An excerpt from Sarah Everts' “The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.” (thewalrus.ca)
- An excerpt from "How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes" by Melinda Wenner Moyer. (theatlantic.com)
- On growing a kid of the 1980's: an excerpt from Danielle Henderson’s "The Ugly Cry: A Memoir." (thecut.com)
Technology
- How Israel's NSO cracked iPhone security. (washingtonpost.com)
- Whatever happened to IBM ($IBM) Watson? (nytimes.com)
- How to think about the metaverse. (matthewball.vc)
Longreads
- Chobani is going public. Here is it's origin story. (neckar.substack.com)
- The California dream is played out. What comes next? (theatlantic.com)
- On the future of CrossFit, post-pandemic. (newyorker.com)
- Climate change is tipping the balance between salmon species. (hakaimagazine.com)
- 2020 saw a surge in interest in Guinness Book world records. (theringer.com)
- A profile of Stephen Colbert and the return to live audiences. (variety.com)
- Anthony Bourdain invokes strong feelings even in death. (eater.com)
