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 solar energy works in practice.
Quote of the Day
"American greatness has produced a society whose members know not what to do with the freedom and abundance that earlier generations secured. We are now witnessing the squandering of this inheritance, and it is even more idiotic and vulgar a spectacle than anyone would expect."
(Stuart Whatley)
Books
- David Epstein talks with Derek Thompson, co-author of "Abundance." (davidepstein.substack.com)
- An excerpt from Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder’s book, "Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn From Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling." (theatlantic.com)
Animals
- How did 200 cows in Colorado just disappear? (wapo.st)
- Lake Tahoe has a black bear problem. (altaonline.com)
Longreads
- David Brooks, "Trumpism has become a form of nihilism that is devouring everything in its path." (theatlantic.com)
- How to fix the replication problem in social science. (forkingpaths.co)
- No one in America wants to think they are rich or poor. (theatlantic.com)
- Being a contractor is tough and getting tougher. (nytimes.com)
- The U.S. military is stepping up its Arctic training. (on.ft.com)
- Bluesky is trying to put users at the center. (newyorker.com)
- Why there are two Koreas, not one. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Richard, "One of our deepest evolutionary instincts—believing that more is always better—no longer serves us." (lifeafterthedailygrind.com)
