Longform links: a low-trust economy
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out...
Books
- David Epstein talks with Bill Gurley, author of "Runnin’ Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love." (davidepstein.substack.com)
- Five insights from Robert Sampson's new book, "Marked by Time: How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- The tables get turned on Tom Junod, author of the memoir "In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man." (esquire.com)
- Five insights from "The Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization" by Roland Ennos. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- An excerpt from Michael Pollan's new book "A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness." (theguardian.com)
Finance
- Big hedge funds are building out their own talent pipelines. (businessinsider.com)
- On the prospects for PE to accelerate the return of capital to investors. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- Prediction markets have become embedded into the media. (bloomberg.com)
Ukraine
- How drones have transformed the nature of war in Ukraine. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- How war has transformed Ukraine. (nytimes.com)
- And Russia. (theconversation.com)
Longreads
- The world is still heavily dependent on Taiwan-produced semiconductors. (nytimes.com)
- How automation could make production cheaper and more flexible. (construction-physics.com)
- Why American passenger trains are so slow. (americanaffairsjournal.org)
- Someday in the future mail delivery will end in the U.S. Denmark is already there. (thedial.world)
- Why the American government has trouble getting stuff done. (persuasion.community)
- We are now living in a low-trust world. (yourbrainonmoney.substack.com)
Share
What's Your Reaction?
Like
0
Dislike
0
Love
0
Funny
0
Angry
0
Sad
0
Wow
0
