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 Lake Tahoe’s growing bear problem.
Quote of the Day
"I don’t see anyone arguing that Silicon Valley innovation is the best way of spreading liberal democratic awesome around the world any more, or for keeping it up and running at home."
(Henry Farrell)
Technology
- It's not clear any CEO could have saved Intel ($INTC). (wsj.com)
- Can providing LLMs ever become a good business? (calpaterson.com)
- How the Silicon Valley consensus broke down. (programmablemutter.com)
Global
- Why U.S. productivity is far outpacing the rest of the developed world. (on.ft.com)
- How weight loss drugs are powering the Danish economy. (apricitas.io)
- There's no more global business than food. (science.org)
- Meet the people trying to travel to every country in the world. (outsideonline.com)
Music
- The Eras Tour broke a lot of rules, and records. (msn.com)
- Black artists have been playing country music from the outset. (wapo.st)
Longreads
- A profile of investor Lei Zhang as his firm shifts away from China. (wsj.com)
- What's behind the boom in people playing "Magic the Gathering." (sherwood.news)
- Breathing formaldehyde is bad for health. The U.S. does nothing to regulate it. (propublica.org)
- The debate about LED auto headlights is fierce. (theringer.com)
- Who is behind some of the big Neo-Nazi X accounts? (texasobserver.org)
- A look at the (secret) process the Vatican uses to select saints. (theguardian.com)
- Meet the company, Connor Sports, that makes most of the country's basketball courts. (nytimes.com)
- Francis Ford Coppola believes 'Megalopolis' will eventually find its audience. (msn.com)
