Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how hobbies turn into side hustles.
Quote of the Day
"Today’s leaders are shallower than an inch-deep pool of self-interest. Some use words like baseball bats to beat on those less fortunate."
(Om Malik)
Books
- Walt Hickey talks with Taylor Lorenz author of "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet." (numlock.com)
- A Q&A with Tom Wheeler author of "Techlash: Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age?" (vox.com)
- Annie Duke talks with Jay Van Bavel co-author of "The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony." (annieduke.substack.com)
Rural America
- How small towns are getting transformed by new factories. (bloomberg.com)
- Why life expectancy in rural areas is lagging. (wapo.st)
Environment
- How our summers are changing. (nytimes.com)
- Your seafood may be coming from a rogue fleet of Chinese ships. (newyorker.com)
- Pomologists are trying to create apples for a hotter world. (on.ft.com)
Longreads
- The IRS's freeze has put the ERC filing business on hold. (wsj.com)
- The air traffic control system is tempting fate with more near misses. (nytimes.com)
- Schools increasingly are confiscating guns on school grounds. (washingtonpost.com)
- Three lessons learned from a trip to the ER. (emilyoster.substack.com)
- The rich have always had staff, but what they want from them has changed. (wapo.st)
- A profile of 'NBA insider' Shams Charania who may be the future of sports journalism. (nymag.com)
