Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how to make health care greener.
Quote of the Day
"A TV show that wants to reflect reality on some level will leave lots of loose ends and frayed edges, and internet sleuthery cannot abide a loose end."
(Emily St. James)
Your Future Self
- A Q&A with Half Hershfield author of "Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today." (annieduke.substack.com)
- An excerpt from "Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today" by Hal Hershfield. (behavioralscientist.org)
Health
- How excessive noise affects your body and health. (nytimes.com)
- Is EMDR a psychotherapeutic breakthrough, pseudoscience, or a little bit of both? (vqronline.org)
Sports
- How pitcher Daniel Bard came back from a bad case of the yips. (newyorker.com)
- A profile of lifeguard Luke Shepardson who just won the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. (gq.com)
Longreads
- How Tulsa has been successful in attracting remote workers. (vox.com)
- How Lara Logan went from star war correspondent to conspiracy theorist. (theatlantic.com)
- How public libraries became the last, true 'public space.' (marginalrevolution.com)
- What does the diner say about American history? (eater.com)
- True crime fandom is out of hand. The case of the University of Idaho case. (theatlantic.com)
- Three things that successful creators do. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
