Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at China’s relentless pursuit of foreign tech secrets.
Quote of the Day
"The purpose of technology is to increase the potential for human happiness."
(Packy McCormick)
Books
- A Q&A with Jenny Odell author of "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock." (wired.com)
- An excerpt from "Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work" by Uri Gneezy. (behavioralscientist.org)
Technology
- What jobs are generative AI going to eliminate? (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- An awe inspiring visit to a state-of-the-art semiconductor fab. (wired.com)
- How Atari created the world’s most famous video game. (sfgate.com)
Money
- Singapore and Hong Kong are vying to be the wealth management center of Asia. (on.ft.com)
- A history of Kleiner Perkins and how its come out on the other side of a fallow period. (generalist.com)
Entertainment
- What it means to be an indie filmmaker in the age of the superhero movie. (esquire.com)
- Tom Wambsgans may have changed the most over the run of 'Succession.' (theringer.com)
Longreads
- Switzerland's problems are bigger than UBS-Credit Suisse. (wsj.com)
- Why South Korean women are opting out of having children. (msn.com)
- A record number of migrants are dying on U.S. borders. (wsj.com)
- How Ozempic and Wegovy will change how we think about weight. (newyorker.com)
- The ocean is gobbling up houses along the North Carolina coast. (washingtonpost.com)
- Humans are breeding dogs into oblivion. (aeon.co)
- How loneliness reshapes the brain. (quantamagazine.org)
