Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the creative crisis at Disney’s Marvel.
Quote of the Day
"The good life is not a destination but a process, not a having but a being and doing."
(Frederik Gieschen)
The Fund
- An excerpt from "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend" by Rob Copeland. (semafor.com)
- An excerpt from "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend" by Rob Copeland. (businessinsider.com)
- An excerpt from "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend" by Rob Copeland. (nymag.com)
Books
- An excerpt from "Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes" by Morgan Housel. (collabfund.com)
- An excerpt from "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well" by Amy Edmondson. (behavioralscientist.org)
- Annie Duke talks with Matt Abrahams author of “Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques.” (annieduke.substack.com)
- An excerpt from "Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV" by Peter Biskind. (hollywoodreporter.com)
Happiness
- Why rich people still worry about money. (radreads.co)
- On the shame of abundance. (alchemy.substack.com)
- The Friendship Dip is real. (annehelen.substack.com)
Longreads
- What makes for a great acquisition. (thegeneralist.substack.com)
- A first-hand account of a startup founder who is sticking it out. (nymag.com)
- How fentanyl crosses the globe to America's cities. (ig.ft.com)
- How Julia Child's cooking show helped boost gas stoves into American homes. (vox.com)
- What role do bird strikes play in the decline of bird populations? (biographic.com)
- What happens to the meaning of tattoos when they are no longer permanent? (msn.com)
- A profile of Ridley Scott with the big biopic 'Napoleon' on tap. (newyorker.com)