Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at why hospitals don’t want you to know how much they charge for procedures.
Quote of the Day
"Margaritaville does an incredible job of catering to every type of person who might be in Times Square."
(Jaya Saxena)
- Ben Thompson, "Facebook is obviously not particularly popular in Washington D.C., but that is a wholly distinct matter from it being a monopolist." (stratechery.com)
- How Facebook ($FB) farms out a big chunk of its content moderation to Accenture ($ACN). (nytimes.com)
Alternative meat
- If meat alternatives take hold, it is going to completely makeover rural America. (austinvernon.eth.link)
- What happens when cultured meat is as good or better than conventional meat? (noahpinion.substack.com)
Entertainment
- The Roy family is back in the third season of 'Succession.' (vulture.com)
- A history of MTV 40 years in. (smithsonianmag.com)
Investing
- How much of the 'everything bubble' is driven by monetary policy? (blog.ftx.com)
- Research raises more questions about the biggest ICO, Block.one's EOS. (bloomberg.com)
- The floodgates are open between private equity and pro sports. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Longreads
- Anne Applebaum, "How much intellectual life is now stifled because of fear of what a poorly worded comment would look like if taken out of context and spread on Twitter?" (theatlantic.com)
- Ivermectin didn't become a 'miracle cure' for Covid by accident. (nbcnews.com)
- How Roger Federer successfully became a brand unto himself. (nytimes.com)
- The ocean is full of all manner of life that we really don't understand yet. (hakaimagazine.com)
