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 a history of the world’s most famous swear word.
Quote of the Day
"There’s nothing the Trump administration can do to boost oil demand, because the trend towards slow demand growth has been in place for years."
(Gregor Macdonald)
Books
- An excerpt from "The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant" by Tae Kim. (barrons.com)
- An excerpt from “The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond” by Debra Whitman. (wsj.com)
Culture
- Is the love song really dying? (pudding.cool)
- The case against 'cotton candy culture.' (honest-broker.com)
- Why Bill Watterson of 'Calvin & Hobbes' fame stands out. (readtrung.com)
Longreads
- Katie Gatti Tasin, "America’s economic identity is one of aspiration, and that means we’ve spent the last 40 years maneuvering for change within frustratingly narrow terms: More growth = good. More tax = bad." (moneywithkatie.com)
- Chinese industrial/technological espionage is relentless and successful. (freethink.com)
- How cheaper water desalination could change the world. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Why Bayesian, the super-yacht, sunk off the coast of Sicily. (nytimes.com)
- Veterans are playing a key role in helping Western North Carolina recover. (wapo.st)
- What Michael Fanone knows about America. (wapo.st)
- How the Berlin Wall became a walking trail. (smithsonianmag.com)
- A history of streaking. (theguardian.com)
