Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the rise and fall of the Segway.
Quote of the Day
"The more you try to manage your time with the goal of achieving a feeling of total control and freedom from the inevitable constraints of being human, the more stressful, empty and frustrating life gets."
(Oliver Burkeman)
Books
- A Q&A with Zachary Karabell author of “Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power.” (thinkadvisor.com)
- An excerpt from Craig Whitlock's “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.” (washingtonpost.com)
- A Q&A with Barbara Blatchley author of the new book "What Are the Chances? Why We Believe in Luck." (gq.com)
Business
- Is small business doomed in America? (marker.medium.com)
- The creator economy is in crisis. (li.substack.com)
- Why reading biographies is a good way to learn about business. (neckar.substack.com)
Longreads
- Canada is awash in dried out, surplus marijuana. (thewalrus.ca)
- Francis Wilkinson, "Water is also associated with wealth." (bloomberg.com)
- Taiwan lives in the shadow of Hong Kong's transformation into an authoritarian regime. (nytimes.com)
- A profile of MPD officer Michael Fanone in the aftermath of January 6th. (time.com)
