Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at what artists do best.
Quote of the Day
"None of us can outrun tragedy indefinitely."
(Joy Lere)
Books
- An excerpt from Annie Duke's new book "Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away." (behavioralscientist.org)
- A Q&A with Richard V. Reeves author of "Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do About It." (npr.org)
- An excerpt from "Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information" by Sarah Lamdan. (wired.com)
- A Q&A with Kevin Hazzard author of "American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics." (npr.org)
Conventional wisdom
- Why the conventional wisdom around politics is often so wrong. (ritholtz.com)
- Why people are at-risk of falling under the sway of heterodox economists. (noahpinion.substack.com)
Social media
- Why you aren't quitting Twitter any time soon. (thereformedbroker.com)
- A growing body of research suggests human behavior on social media is strikingly similar to collective behavior in nature. (noemamag.com)
Science
- How is this small lab company identifying tainted products others aren't? (bloomberg.com)
- Biotech is moving fast. Our regulatory system can't keep up. (statnews.com)
Longreads
- Ten reasons why ESG isn't going anywhere. (morningstar.com)
- Why it can make sense to try and save a single species. (hcn.org)
- Russia has been laying the groundwork in the U.S. for its Ukraine strategy for years. (nytimes.com)
- How a computer scientist is searching for chess cheaters. (time.com)
- Very few people make a living creating crossword puzzles. (newrepublic.com)
