Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how Nvidia built a moat around its chips.
Quote of the Day
"We are not only distracted from leisure by conflicting desires for social advancement. We also fear it and resist it from inside. Our resistance to it is both powerful and devious."
(Zena Hitz)
Books
- A Q&A with Gloria Mark, author of "Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity." (annieduke.substack.com)
- A Q&A with Sara Petersen author of "Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture." (annehelen.substack.com)
Technology
- It's easy to miss the story of exponential technological change. (notboring.co)
- An example of how the AIr Force is testing AI tools. (nytimes.com)
- Camera makers are the walking dead. (om.co)
Environment
- Climate change has already come for Canada. (macleans.ca)
- America is using up its groundwater. (nytimes.com)
Psychology
- Why doesn't psychology have more to show for its efforts? (experimental-history.com)
- What's behind the human desire to collect (essentially) useless stuff? (theguardian.com)
Tennis
- A profile of Andy Roddick and his post-tennis life. (gq.com)
- How the war in Ukraine is playing out on the tennis court. (nytimes.com)
Longreads
- Taser owner Axon Enterprises ($AXON) is hard core. (reuters.com)
- Why don't we have a vaccine for Lyme disease? (bloomberg.com)
- How India successfully landed on the moon. (wsj.com)
- Was Ed Thorpe's "Beat the Dealer" ultimately a net positive for casinos? (riskofruinpod.substack.com)
- A profile of controversial author Chuck Palahniuk. (esquire.com)
- Why isn't Ukraine a superpower? (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
