Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at what we remember and why we forget.
Quote of the Day
"The shifts of the past two decades polarised the job market, creating high-income work and low-income work while thinning out the middle class. It also drove social change, with women picking up work in fast-growing and high-paying occupations."
(John Hilsenrath)
Books
- An excerpt from "Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture" by Kyle Chayka. (behavioralscientist.org)
- A profile of Jim VandeHei, author of "Just the Good Stuff: No-BS Secrets to Success." (washingtonpost.com)
- An excerpt from "Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos" by Emma Seppala. (thequietlife.net)
- An excerpt from “In My Time Of Dying: How I Came Face To Face With The Idea Of An Afterlife" by Sebastian Junger. (wsj.com)
Trump
- Trump's financial future is increasingly tied to Trump Media ($DJT). (nytimes.com)
- How Kid Rock went full MAGA. (rollingstone.com)
Longreads
- Venture capital is looking beyond software for opportunities, i.e. 'techno-industrials.' (notboring.co)
- The food industry is pushing back hard against claims against ultra-processed foods. (on.ft.com)
- Nvidia ($NVDA) wouldn't exist except for this timely investment by a Sega CEO. (wsj.com)
- How 'A Place for Mom' makes money. (wapo.st)
- An extended Q&A with Tyler Cowen. (generalist.com)
- Why you should spend money on memories. (miketroxell.com)
