Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including at how Wyoming became a global tax haven.
Quote of the Day
"Once you are attuned to disgust, it is everywhere."
(Molly Young)
Books
- An excerpt from Susie Flaherty’s book “Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health.“ (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
- An excerpt from Erica Gies' book "Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge." (technologyreview.com)
Sports
- The modern NFL is inextricably linked with the late John Madden. (theringer.com)
- People knows who broke the color barrier in baseball, but not in football. (slate.com)
Longreads
- Another example of a tax break gone wrong: the case of the Qualified Small Business Stock exemption. (nytimes.com)
- Tobi Lütke's Shopify ($SHOP) is the anti-Amazon. (bloomberg.com)
- What happens when your product becomes associated with the alt-right. (menshealth.com)
- The battle lines are drawn over the future of education. (politico.com)
- Where Afghan resettlement stands around the globe. (washingtonpost.com)
- The story behind the Internet Archive. (techradar.com)
