Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links behind the paywall are used. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at how fentanyl became a global scourge.
Quote of the Day
"This is why competition matters: it’s not just because competition makes companies work harder and share value with customers and workers; it’s because competition keeps companies from becoming too big to fail, and too big to jail."
(Cory Doctorow)
Books
- An excerpt from "Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet" by Chris Dixon. (tim.blog)
- A Q&A with Chris Dixon author of "Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet." (semafor.com)
- David Perell talks with Chris Dixon about writing "Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet." (open.spotify.com)
Business
- How the FTC allows funeral homes to flout the rules. (wsj.com)
- Why the business of building commercial aircraft is so tenuous. (construction-physics.com)
- Vail Resorts ($MTN) is betting big on the Northeast. (bloomberg.com)
Europe
- The challenges Poland is facing in light of eight years of authoritarianism. (nytimes.com)
- Russia wants you to think Mariupol is on the mend. (ig.ft.com)
- How Madrid became the capital of Spain. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
AI
- AI is going to make consumer fraud even worse. (pluralistic.net)
- How AI was used to 'read' scrolls from Herculaneum. (bloomberg.com)