Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how everything (and everywhere) looks the same these days.
Quote of the Day
"(W)hen a bank implodes, this is almost always a symptom — not a cause — of something askew in the wider financial world, affecting other institutions. Financiers rarely want to admit this."
(Gillian Tett)
Books
- A Q&A with Dr. Peter Attia author of "Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity." (gq.com)
- An excerpt from "Choosing to Run: A Memoir" by Desiree Linden. (runnersworld.com)
- An excerpt from “How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind” by Clancy Martin. (wsj.com)
Sam Altman
- How Sam Altman came to be the face of the AI revolution. (wsj.com)
- Sam Altman is pushing AI forward without knowing the endgame. (nytimes.com)
- Lex Fridman talks with Sam Altman. (youtube.com)
Water
- The town of Atafona, on the Brazilian coastline, is rapidly disappearing. (wsj.com)
- Venice's seawalls are working, probably a little too well. (nytimes.com)
- Dogs love the beach, but the beach doesn't love dogs. (hakaimagazine.com)
Longreads
- The warehouse boom in the U.S. is slowing. (bloomberg.com)
- More Americans are caring both for aging parents and their own children. (nytimes.com)
- The reckoning over Canada's residential schools is ongoing. (thewalrus.ca)
- How Paris got so many cars off its streets. (slate.com)
- Not everybody loves the light emitted by LED bulbs. (nymag.com)
