Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at people leaving Texas because of the heat.
Quote of the Day
"These small, sometimes invisible gestures can be the difference maker. It shows the long-term mission is more important than any short-term personal gain."
(Ian Cassel)
Business
- Will the AI boom bail out San Francisco as a destination? (marketwatch.com)
- How Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock ($BLK), became so demonized. (economist.com)
- Being an Airbnb ($ABNB) host is no longer easy money. (bloomberg.com)
Cities
- When it comes to housing, supply and demand work. (nymag.com)
- How to make cities safe. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
Environment
- Just how much have we already overfished the oceans? (bbc.com)
- The American bee crisis is as much about commerce as it is about the environment. (theringer.com)
Longreads
- Is the era of 'cheap stuff' now over? (wsj.com)
- Vladimir Putin has largely kept the costs of the Ukraine war away from Moscow. (nytimes.com)
- How Oregon's experiment with drug decriminalization is going. (esquire.com)
- A lot of public universities have a spending problem. (wsj.com)
- Researchers are taking the role of circadian rhythms more seriously. (noemamag.com)
- The Appalachian Trail keeps getting longer. (wapo.st)
- On the hidden harms of CPR. (newyorker.com)
