Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how India is struggling with rising temperatures.
Quote of the Day
"Restaurants themselves are a difficult, maybe impossible, problem to solve. They’re never going to be perfect. But to focus only on their failings elides their core identity."
(Daniel Patterson)
Books
- An excerpt from Peter Norton’s book “Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City.” (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
- An excerpt from "The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss by Mary-Frances O’Connor. (behavioralscientist.org)
Environment
- Louisiana has been losing land for decades. A look at a plan to reverse things. (hakaimagazine.com)
- The hunt is on for places to store carbon dioxide. (wired.com)
- Aquamation is gaining ground and acceptance (smithsonianmag.com)
Longreads
- Ten timeless lessons from great venture investors including 'Offer genuine empathy.' (readthegeneralist.com)
- A profile of Gwynne Shotwell who is SpaceX's 'adult in the room.' (theinformation.com)
- Social media has lost out to 'recommendation media.' (every.to)
- More Americans are reaching retirement with outstanding student debt. (newyorker.com)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembers Bill Russell. (kareem.substack.com)
- What 'The Bear' gets right about restaurants. (esquire.com)
