Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the future of the European Union.
Quote of the Day
"Deliberately accepting some risks, and then being prepared when disaster strikes, will serve human societies better than pretending we can achieve perfect safety."
(Juliette Kayyem)
Books
- An excerpt from "After the Fall: Being American in the World We Made" by Ben Rhodes. (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from “Happy at Any Cost, The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh” by Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre. (wsj.com)
- An excerpt from "The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters" by Juliette Kayyem. (theatlantic.com)
The Godfather
- The many reasons why 'The Godfather' almost never happened. (trungphan.substack.com)
- Al Pacino looks back at 'The Godfather' and how it affected his career. (nytimes.com)
- On the role women play in 'The Godfather.' (bbc.com)
- 'The Godfather' was only one of five (great) movies the late John Cazale was in. (vanityfair.com)
Longreads
- FTX looks to be a hub for trading all manner of assets, not just crypto. (execsum.co)
- The invasion of Ukraine was based on the idea that a large part of Ukrainian society welcomed it. (ft.com)
- In a world with changing climate we are going to see more mass migrations. (emergencemagazine.org)
- Wars make even less sense in a rapidly aging world. (edwest.substack.com)
- A profile of Bomani Jones and his new HBO show 'Game Theory.' (gq.com)
