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 the ‘rise of the NDA.’
Quote of the Day
"That’s how the traumatized life goes, I guess. You work your whole life to overcome the terrible thing that happened to you, only to get to the end of it and find that the overcoming it was your life."
(Taffy Brodesser-Akner)
Defense
- How Russia has adapted to Western weapons in Ukraine. (wsj.com)
- Advances in drone warfare has happened outside the purview of the defense giants. (on.ft.com)
- GPS is increasingly under attack. (nytimes.com)
Gambling
- Stock trading continues to migrate onto smartphones and apps. (bloomberg.com)
- Smartphones and ubiquitous gambling go hand-in-hand. (msn.com)
Technology
- Good luck escaping the big tech giants. (honest-broker.com)
- The case that generative AI has been way overhyped. (wheresyoured.at)
- Why you may not want to live next to a big Bitcoin mining operation. (time.com)
Science
- Why its been so challenging to find a viable blood substitute. (science.org)
- Pablo Escobar's hippos are a growing ecological disaster for Colombia. (smithsonianmag.com)
Swimming
- How data can help swimmers go faster. (quantamagazine.org)
- How a 'digital twin' can be used to help swimmers train more effectively. (scientificamerican.com)
Longreads
- Companies want to compensate you with something other than cash or equity. (moneywithkatie.com)
- How the Wallenberg family came to dominate the Swedish economy. (quartr.com)
- Expensive elevators help explain the housing shortage in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
- When a commercial airline has a bird strike, this team jumps in to study it. (washingtonian.com)
- Why car dealerships love it when you finance a vehicle. (prospect.org)
- How do celebrity book clubs work? (esquire.com)
