Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the political battle brewing around fake meat.
Technology
- In the future TV will have five different 'jobs.' (stratechery.com)
- The future of wearables are hearing aids. (bloomberg.com)
- Susan Wojcicki has her hands full trying to "tame" YouTube. (nytimes.com)
- The 'fresh hell' that has been the past 15 months at Facebook ($FB). (wired.com)
Money
- A deep dive into the Dave Ramsey money machine. (money.com)
- How the 'prosperity gospel' movement helps explain Trump. (ft.com)
Health
- When dentists go wrong: the plague of unnecessary treatments. (theatlantic.com)
- Does CBD oil actually work? (qz.com)
Longreads
- A big Michael Mauboussin piece on the growth of bond indexing. (bluemountaincapital.com)
- Did capitalism kill inflation? (bloomberg.com)
- Leonardo Da Vinci paintings DON'T go on the market: the invention of the 'Salvator Mundi.' (vulture.com)
- Under the best of circumstances humans have a hard time coexisting with wolves. (theatlantic.com)
- Digital minimalism is having its moment including: Jenny Odell's "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy." (theringer.com)
- A nice story of going outside your comfort zone. (outsideonline.com)