Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at post-peak TED.
Quote of the Day
"Small business owners create value in a neighborhood, but they don’t capture most of it."
(Packy McCormick)
Books
- Five insights from "Seven Games: A Human History" by Oliver Roeder. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- A Q&A with Bill Hayes author of "Sweat: A History of Exercise." (gq.com)
- An excerpt from Florence Williams' "Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey." (theatlantic.com)
- A Q&A with Chuck Klosterman author of "The Nineties." (vulture.com)
Startups
- Why Europe has not been as receptive to venture capital. (on.ft.com)
- How solo venture capitalists are making gains. (readthegeneralist.com)
- There are now more than 1,000 private companies worldwide that rate as 'unicorns.' (bloomberg.com)
Risk
- There are some 918,000 condo units in Florida like the ones in Champlain Towers South, more than 30 years old. (nytimes.com)
- Everyone knows the Pacific Northwest is at-risk of a tsunami. What is being done to avoid the worst effects? (nytimes.com)
Super Bowl
- The Super Bowl is going to be the first of the mass sports gambling era. (bloomberg.com)
- Indianapolis hosted the Super Bowl ten years and it was a rousing success. (indianapolismonthly.com)
Longreads
- Illumina ($ILMN) is not afraid of the FTC. (nytimes.com)
- A big profile of noted investor David Tepper. (neckar.substack.com)
- Your favorite fitness influencer may be using steroids. (insider.com)
- The life of a truck driver is not easy. (nytimes.com)
- Why maintaining friendships can be difficult as we get older. (theatlantic.com)
- Why people still care about King Tut and his tomb. (newyorker.com)
