Saturdays are now about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the power pose.
Business
- Tyler Shultz, Theranos whistleblower, speaks publicly about the company and his grandfather. (wsj.com)
- A dozen things you can learn about business from Biggie Smalls. (25iq.com)
- Why all the star chefs have a business partner who makes their empires run. (eater.com)
- Economists who work on behalf of big merger deals. (propublica.org)
- A profile of United ($UAL) CEO Oscar Munoz post-heart transplant. (fortune.com)
Psychology
- Why we embrace nostalgia during periods of anxiety and uncertainty. (washingtonpost.com)
- An excerpt from Michael Lewis' forthcoming book, "The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds," on Kahneman and Tversky. (vanityfair.com)
- How your brain decides without you. (nautil.us)
Longform
- How do you spend $3 million on organic cashmere? (fastcompany.com)
- A revealing drive through the Midwest. (techcrunch.com)
- Do polygraph machines actually do anything? (priceonomics.com)
- A CRISPR explainer. (medium.com)
- Are some places simply more likely to get hit by tornadoes? (fivethirtyeight.com)
- The men's grooming space has grown rapidly. (racked.com)