Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how Clippy became a cultural icon.
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Quote of the Day
"There are not 200 human biases. There are 200 deviations from the wrong model."
(Jason Collins)
Books
- An excerpt from "How to Stay Smart in a Smart World: Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms" by Gerd Gigerenzer. (behavioralscientist.org)
- An excerpt from "Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success" by Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan. (behavioralscientist.org)
- An excerpt from Marisa Franco’s new book, "Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—And Keep—Friends." (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from "The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football" by Ben Mathis-Lilley. (gq.com)
Environment
- Plastic nurdles are released into the environment all the time without consequence. (vox.com)
- How wolf management became a political issue. (theintercept.com)
- The Inuit are on the front lines of climate change. (hakaimagazine.com)
Online
- The more our lives are online, the more we are at the mercy of Big Tech. (stratechery.com)
- The problem of fake content is only going to get worse. (grandy.substack.com)
Longreads
- How Walt Disney ($DIS) uses technology to extract maximum revenue from theme park visitors. (wsj.com)
- Too many businesses are highly reliant on their owner-operators. (permanentequity.com)
- The case for a surge in American innovation and productivity. (corporate.vanguard.com)
- You can't talk about student loan debt without discussing family wealth. (annehelen.substack.com)
- Covid has seemingly put more people at risk of other conditions like heart disease and dementia. (on.ft.com)
- What it's like to go to summer camp in a war zone. (theatlantic.com)
- A guide to effectively writing online. (perell.com)
