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 a rapidly aging China will change.
Quote of the Day
"Successful late bloomers combine this high need for cognition with a seemingly contradictory trait: epistemic humility. They are aggressive about wanting to acquire knowledge and learn—but they are also modest, possessing an accurate sense of how much they don’t know."
(David Brooks)
Books
- Annie Duke talks with Christopher Wong Michaelson abd Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, co-authors of "Is Your Work Worth It? How to Think About Meaningful Work." (annieduke.substack.com)
- A Q&A with Talia Sharot, co-author of "Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There." (npr.org)
- Insights from Rachel Somerstein's new book, "Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section." (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from “Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life” by Ferris Jabr. (nytimes.com)
- Insights from "Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women" by Maggie Mertens. (npr.org)
- A Q&A with Laurie Woolever author of "Bourdain: An Oral History." (thesmallbow.substack.com)
The South
- Why population (and business) continues to migrate South. (andvariassociates.com)
- And existing residents aren't happy about it. (bloomberg.com)
- Recruiting workers to Northern climes is a challenge. (wsj.com)
Business
- PBMs work for their own benefit, not their customers. (nytimes.com)
- How a board of directors (should) work. (anildash.com)
- On the rise and fall of Lambda School. (sandofsky.com)
- The story of A.W. Jones and the first hedge fund. (commoncog.com)
Mental health
- The U.S. armed forces have an ongoing suicide problem. (nytimes.com)
- How the U.S. is exporting mental illness abroad. (theatlantic.com)
Longreads
- What lessons can we learn from 'late bloomers'? (theatlantic.com)
- Why Guyana could become the next big petro-state. (on.ft.com)
- What really are the prospects for fusion power? (construction-physics.com)
- A profile of labor economist David Autor. (wsj.com)
- Fire is a part of many ecosystems. (theatlantic.com)
- How cornhole went pro. (nytimes.com)
