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 rest of the Kennedy clan feels about MAHA.
Quote of the Day
"China is an engineering state, which brings a sledgehammer to problems both physical and social, in contrast with America’s lawyerly society, which brings a gavel to block almost everything, good and bad."
(Dan Wang)
Books
- An excerpt from "There’s Got to Be a Better Way: How to Deliver Results and Get Rid of the Stuff That Gets in the Way of Real Work" by Nelson P. Repenning and Donald C. Kieffer. (behavioralscientist.org)
- An excerpt from Brian Potter's new book "The Origins of Efficiency." (construction-physics.com)
- A review of Dan Wang's new book "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future." (noahpinion.blog)
Global
- America's view of China is not at all nuanced. (scottsumner.substack.com)
- Just because Iran has been humbled, doesn't mean it is done pursuing its goals. (theatlantic.com)
Business
- Why there aren't any trillion dollar biotech companies. (ladanuzhna.xyz)
- Donald Lee-Brown and Terran Mott, "The infrastructure that private markets depend on will soon have AI at its core." (joincolossus.com)
Longreads
- Other countries have largely solved the problem of mass gun death. (forkingpaths.co)
- Is the world's tallest building really going to get built in Oklahoma City? (thepickup.com)
- The case for some crazy philanthropy. (palladiummag.com)
- How Disney ($DIS) went from middle class experience to a luxury experience. (nytimes.com)
- What it's like to be a Hollywood production assistant. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Effort should be commensurate with the mission. (investing101.substack.com)
