Longform links: gold’s hold
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out...
Books
- Ezra Klein talks with Ray Madoff, author of “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” (podcasts.apple.com)
- An excerpt from Megan Garber’s new book, "Screen People: How We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency." (theatlantic.com)
- Laurie Santos talks with Leidy Klotz author of "In a Good Place: How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive." (podcasts.apple.com)
- An excerpt from Roxanne Khamsi’s new book, "Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health." (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from "This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark" by Craig Fehrman. (defector.com)
AI
- What will people spend money on as AI makes other goods cheaper? (aleximas.substack.com)
- Eric Topol talks with Sebastian Mallaby, author of "The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence." (podcasts.apple.com)
- Sean Illing talks with Katrina Manson, author of "Project Maven and the Advent of Algorithmic Warfare." (podcasts.apple.com)
- AI can't smell yet. (noemamag.com)
Finance
- Six lessons from financial history including 'Complexity is dangerous.' (ft.com)
- Why does gold still have a hold on humanity? (wsj.com)
Longreads
- The impact of the Iran war on food prices will persist for a while. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- Florida's citrus industry is in terminal decline. (slate.com)
- We're still finding things that GLP-1 can treat. (nytimes.com)
- How warehouses became 'fulfillment centers.' (placesjournal.org)
- How Cambodia became a hot spot for global scams. (wsj.com)
- Spreading hate online is a profitable business. (wapo.st)
- Going to Madison Square Garden? You are being watched. (wired.com)
- Kevin Kelly and Daniel Pink talk with Prof. Emily Bell about the distributed future of journalism. (podcasts.apple.com)
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