Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at ‘the cost of thriving’ and why American families are struggling.
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Quote of the Day
"Epidemics, like disasters, have a way of revealing underlying truths about the societies they impact."
(Anne Applebaum)
Books
- An excerpt from "Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen" by Dan Heath. (marker.medium.com)
- An excerpt from “The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks” by Ben Cohen. (wsj.com)
- A Q&A with Robert Frank author of "Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work." (behavioralscientist.org)
- An excerpt from John Kaag's "Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life." (wsj.com)
- A Q&A with Libby Copeland author of "The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are." (wired.com)
Media
- How The Athletic has changed sports journalism. (gq-magazine.co.uk)
- The pay TV industry has stopped defending its legacy business. (matthewball.vc)
- If blogging is once again dead, what comes in its place? (ribbonfarm.com)
Investing
- There are different ways to get rich (financially) but none of them are easy or safe. (mebfaber.com)
- We don't understand the Medallion Funds' returns because we don't understand AI. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Finance
- Before 2010, institutional landlords didn’t exist in the single-family-rental market; now there are 25 to 30 of them... (nytimes.com)
- Despite an economic expansion, many US cities are struggling with stagnant tax revenue and rising pension costs. (wsj.com)
Longreads
- The US is in the midst of an autopsy crisis. (nytimes.com)
- Houston, and its oil and gas facilities, are uniquely at-risk of climate change. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Americans love poke. But is it just another opportunity for us to wreck the sea? (longreads.com)
- For too long genetic researchers have ignored the importance of Africans' DNA. (ft.com)
- Charlie Munger on the psychology of human misjudgment. (fs.blog)
