Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at why it’s so hard to be rational.
Quote of the Day
"Names can open doors, and they can also close them."
(Amit Katwala)
Technology
- Why Solana is gaining share in the crypto world. (notboring.co)
- Seven reasons for optimism from Kevin Kelly including advances in bioengineering. (warpnews.org)
Behavior
- Neuroscientists have mapped the brain. Now the hard part... (quantamagazine.org)
- In her new book, Kathryn Paige Harden "makes the case that social scientists who want to address the roots of inequality must reckon with genetics." (texasmonthly.com)
- Rod Graham, "In a smushed world, you are either with us or against us — for everything." (rodgraham.substack.com)
Medicine
- Why we don't have a Lyme Disease vaccine. (newyorker.com)
- Why hospitals and insurers don't want you to see how much they charge for procedures. (nytimes.com)
Longreads
- Jack Ma learned the hard way who is charge of China's economy. (wsj.com)
- International education is a big business that at its worst preys on the naive. (thewalrus.ca)
- Why your donated clothes won't likely end up being worn ever again. (abc.net.au)
- Meet the hunters who are trying to rid the Florida Everglades of invasive species, like pythons. (fieldandstream.com)
- A big profile of HBO's "Succession" writer and creator Jesse Armstrong. (newyorker.com)
