Longform links: the difference between work and play
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out...
Books
- An excerpt from "Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War" by Sharon Weinberger. (wsj.com)
- A look at Danny Meyer’s new book, "What Could Possibly Go Right?" (mattrodbard.substack.com)
Business
- How ESPN helped save Disney ($DIS). (wsj.com)
- Bagged ice is big business in Texas. (texasmonthly.com)
- Family-controlled Lodge Cast Iron pan company has been at it for 130 years. (wsj.com)
Society
- The divide in American is between asset owners and labor providers. (kyla.substack.com)
- How much of the drop in fertility is due to changing preferences? (theatlantic.com)
- Why everything feels like a scam these days. (yourbrainonmoney.substack.com)
- How class affects loneliness in America. (slate.com)
Politics
- A first hand account on how the CIA has been gutted under this administration. (theatlantic.com)
- A look at the lengths Trump is going to put his name and face on just about everything. (theatlantic.com)
- Don't look to politics for meaning. (theargumentmag.com)
Longreads
- Jordan Dworkin, "Our lives today are a gallery of past generations’ heroic efforts to do the same." (ordinaryabundance.com)
- On the challenges of building humanoid robots in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
- It will take technology, time and taste to bend the curve on animal welfare. (worksinprogress.news)
- We have a big, and growing, tick problem with few solutions in sight. (nytimes.com)
- The Soviets drilled the deepest hole in the world. Why? (nautil.us)
- 7 things learned from puzzle master Will Shortz, including 'Progress is possible.' (experimentalliving.substack.com)
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