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 how social media ruined American society.
Quote of the Day
"The more lawless the government is, the easier it is for lawless individuals to impersonate officers, and the more likely it is that citizens will doubt that the real officers actually represent a legal authority."
(Benjamin Wallace-Wells)
Books
- A Q&A with Evan Osnos, author of "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich." (npr.org)
- An excerpt from "Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance – A Cautionary Tale," by Susan Erikson. (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
- A Q&A with Carter Sherman author of "The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over its Future." (npr.org)
- Insights from Brian Anderson’s detailed book "Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection." (insidehook.com)
AI
- In the global AI race, there are haves and have nots. (nytimes.com)
- A look at a giant data center Amazon ($AMZN) is building in Indiana. (sherwood.news)
- Data centers mean higher electricity rates for consumers. (indystar.com)
- We write to learn. The use of AI subverts that. (forkingpaths.co)
Climate
- How the world's maps exclude millions of people at-risk of climate disasters. (grist.org)
- Is climate the biggest risk to the financial system? (ft.com)
Longreads
- The global fight against HIV is in turmoil. (bloomberg.com)
- How measles is playing out in areas with low vaccination rates. (nytimes.com)
- How Booking.com ($BKNG) used acqusitions to build its business. (readtrung.com)
- Why Chicago is reluctant to close underpopulated school buildings? (propublica.org)
- Our digital afterlives are only getting more complicated. (sixcolors.com)
- A profile of Ashley Gorley has written 83 number on Nashville hits. (wapo.st)
