Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at America’s first global soccer superstar.
Quote of the Day
"The pandemic has evaporated entire categories of friendship, and by doing so, depleted the joys that make up a human life—and buoy human health. But that does present an opportunity."
(Amanda Mull)
Books
- A Q&A with Daniel Lieberman author of "Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding." (npr.org)
- An excerpt from "You Can't Lose Them All" by Sal Iacono. (theringer.com)
Finance
- A profile of Jaime Rogozinski, who founded Reddit’s WallStreetBets, and what he thinks about it today. (wsj.com)
- A big profile of Jane Street Capital which estimates accounts for 'almost a third of all primary and secondary trading in US bond ETFs.' (ft.com)
- How technology is re-making the market for micro-private equity. (thegeneralist.substack.com)
Technology
- How the iPhone has changed the very nature of photos. (om.co)
- Understanding the metaverse: what is Web 3? (notboring.substack.com)
Health
- For as common as they are, concussions are not that well understood. (knowablemagazine.org)
- The growing number of Americans with lung cancer who are 'never-smokers' are on the rise. (statnews.com)