Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including at how clickbait helps fund misinformation online.
Quote of the Day
"In every new, empty channel, the first people to offer something good can get rich. Once the channel fills up, the dynamics change."
(Benedict Evans)
Books
- An excerpt from "The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After" by Corey Mintz. (wired.com)
- An excerpt from "The Warehouse: Workers and Robots at Amazon" by Alessandro Delfanti. (engadget.com)
- An excerpt from "Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America" by Gene Slater. (theatlantic.com)
Air pollution
- The dangers of air pollution are clear, but not enough is being done to combat it. (lrb.co.uk)
- Why we should take the literature on the ill effects of air pollution seriously. (marginalrevolution.com)
Gambling
- Rex Woodbury, "If everyone becomes an investor, the inverse is also true: Everything—and everyone—becomes a potential investment." (theatlantic.com)
- Why gambling, in all its forms, is spreading unchecked. (theatlantic.com)
Longreads
- Boeing ($BA) was an engineering powerhouse. What went wrong? (thedailybeast.com)
- Ski towns across the West are in crisis. (outsideonline.com)
- Leisure time isn't supposed to feel like work. (theatlantic.com)
- A lot of today's gourmet delicacies came from more humble roots. (nytimes.com)
- How an amateur scientist has tracked changing weather in Colorado. (washingtonpost.com)
- A big profile of director Adam McKay. (vanityfair.com)
- Do insects have emotions? (bbc.com)