Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the power of everyday awe.
Quote of the Day
"People don’t remember books, blogs, or articles. They remember sentences. That should be your goal: a collection of memorable sentences. One good line is infinitely more powerful than a few clumsy paragraphs."
(Morgan Housel)
Books
- An excerpt from "Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization" by Coco Krumme. (engadget.com)
- An excerpt from Michael Wolff's new book, "The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty." (theankler.com)
- A Q&A with Taylor Lorenz author of "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet." (vox.com)
Health
- Is the 'war on cancer' a failure? (thewalrus.ca)
- Hockey has yet to come to terms with its CTE issue. (nytimes.com)
- What are we to make of declining testosterone levels? (piratewires.com)
Science
- Our understanding of Neanderthals is outdated. (theguardian.com)
- On the origins of the Indo-European language tree. (bigthink.com)
- Animal communication is more sophisticated than commonly thought. (nytimes.com)
Movies
- A profile of 80-year old director Martin Scorcese. (gq.com)
- How A24 turned into a cultural powerhouse. (thegeneralist.substack.com)
Longreads
- Scrutiny has now turned to Sam Bankman-Fried's parents. (newyorker.com)
- How history will look back at the tenure of General Mark Milley. (theatlantic.com)
- A catch-22: the world needs more air conditioning. More air conditioning fuels climate change. (washingtonpost.com)
- The state of the global wristwatch market. (asiancenturystocks.com)
- You can thank private equity for the mainstreaming of AR-15s. (wsj.com)
- A profile of OpenAI founder Sam Altman. (nymag.com)
- Why economics professors are paid more than sociology professors. (noahpinion.blog)
- How to manage the different phases of a creative career. (moretothat.com)
- The downside of AP classes. (newrepublic.com)
