Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at food writer/influencer J. Kenji López-Alt.
Quote of the Day
"Nobody knows—most likely, nobody ever will—if this world of ours was simulated by some higher-dimensional alien race, and for what purpose, and ultimately whether our simulators were themselves simulated."
(Jason Kehe)
Books
- An excerpt from Kelly Weill's new book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything." (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from Mary Child's new book "The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All." (bloomberg.com)
- An excerpt from Kathy Gilsinan's new book, "The Helpers: Profiles From the Front Lines of the Pandemic." (theatlantic.com)
Companies
- Can Goldman Sachs ($GS) successfully straddle Wall Street and Main Street? (institutionalinvestor.com)
- How Bob Chapek is remaking Disney ($DIS). (theinformation.com)
- Why Facebook's crypto experiment, Libra/Diem, failed. (on.ft.com)
- An overview of the growing constellation of AngelList entities. (readthegeneralist.com)
Longreads
- The future of the European Union. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- A guide to clean energy transition. (tsungxu.com)
- Vaccine hesitancy is nothing new. (vox.com)
- The return to the office is a big experiment in workplace culture. (nytimes.com)
- Add equestrian to the list of sports with a sex abuse problem. (bloomberg.com)
- What only a mountain can make you feel. (defector.com)
