Longform links: barriers to walking
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out...
Investing
- Which genius from history would have been the best investor? (ft.com)
- Seth Klarman looks at Warren Buffett's long career. (theatlantic.com)
Health
- Dhruv Khullar, "Medicine is undergoing a kind of unbundling." (newyorker.com)
- In too many cases, America's seniors are overmedicated. (wsj.com)
- A look at the big business of cancer drug trials. (bloomberg.com)
- What it's like to volunteer for a clinical trial, in this case getting infected with dengue fever. (npr.org)
Art
- Ryan Khurana, "When everything becomes optimized for comfort and convenience, when every aesthetic concern must justify itself through utility, we become smaller." (palladiummag.com)
- On the influence of Terrence Malick on today's film makers. (yalereview.org)
Longreads
- Kelsey Piper, "In about a century, we’ve gone from a world where many 14-year-olds are the breadwinners for their family — bad! — to a world where many of them aren’t even trusted to be in the house without a babysitter — also bad!" (theargumentmag.com)
- How opioid addiction ripples through generations. (nytimes.com)
- How many people have died due to Tesla's ($TSLA) electronic doors? (bloomberg.com)
- Assad's henchmen have scattered to the wind. (nytimes.com)
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