Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the future of Bloomberg LP without Michael Bloomberg.
Quote of the Day
"The most important event of our time is not the decadence and decay of the old social order. It is the opening of an extraordinary and unprecedented opportunity to build a new and better way of life."
(Walter Russell Mead)
Books
- An excerpt from "The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems—and What to Do About It" by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon. (wsj.com)
- A Q&A with Sara Petersen author of "Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture." (vox.com)
- An excerpt from "Sleeping Beauties: the Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture" by Andreas Wagner. (theguardian.com)
Going green
- America needs more electricians to 'go green.' (newyorker.com)
- What it would take to make America 'carbon free.' (motherjones.com)
Public health
- How Big Alcohol pushed the 'French paradox' narrative for decades. (slate.com)
- A Q&A with Anthony Fauci about the pandemic performance of the U.S. (nytimes.com)
- Gun deaths in the U.S. follow clear geographic lines. (politico.com)
Longreads
- Why AI is unlikely to cause mass unemployment. (understandingai.org)
- How Warren Buffett's life could have turned out differently. (neckar.substack.com)
- Luxury apartments are popping up cities where few can afford them. (bloomberg.com)
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Inside the explosive growth of the business of celebrity keynote speakers.
(businessinsider.com) - What studies say about the state of Gen Z. (jonathanhaidt.substack.com)
- How maps can distort reality. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
