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 CNBC sends investors the wrong message.
Quote of the Day
"The jump ball is simultaneously one of basketball’s oldest traditions and one of its most curious regular events."
(Ben Dowsett)
Book excerpts
- An excerpt from Rob Henderson's "Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class." (persuasion.community)
- An excerpt from Aaron Goldfarb’s new book “Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits.” (wsj.com)
- An excerpt from "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" by Nick Romeo. (behavioralscientist.org)
- An excerpt from “The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport,” by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg. (wsj.com)
Q&A
- A Q&A with Byron Tau author of "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government is Creating a New American Surveillance State." (politico.com)
- A Q&A with Brad Wilcox author of “Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization.” (nytimes.com)
- A Q&A with Christine Yu author of "Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes." (annehelen.substack.com)
Ukraine
- Military lessons learned from the war in Ukraine. (wapo.st)
- Life still goes on in war-torn Ukraine. (allure.com)
Dopamine
- How dopamine hits now drive culture. (honest-broker.com)
- Don't look for dopamine hits in your portfolio. (portfoliocharts.com)
- Why YouTubers are quitting. (readtrung.com)
AI
- AI is coming for the porn industry. (wapo.st)
- Is AI going to kill off the call center worker? (economist.com)
Longreads
- Modern chip manufacturing is a technological miracle. (ig.ft.com)
- Why is Marc Benioff buying up land on the Big Island of Hawaii? (npr.org)
- Parents are highlighting their children on social media. Look away. (nytimes.com)
- Poland's borders have been shifting for centuries. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- How a huge case of art fraud went down and was eventually exposed. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Why we don't trust each other anymore. (kyla.substack.com)
- What it's like to be a sociopath. (nytimes.com)
- How emotions are made. (themarginalian.org)