Longform links: variations in performance
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can check out...
Books
- A Q&A with Christopher Mathias, author of “To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right.” (hamiltonnolan.com)
- An excerpt from "The Microbiome Master Key: Harness Your Microbes to Unlock Whole-Body Health and Lifelong Vitality" by B. Brett Finlay and Jessica M. Finlay. (thewalrus.ca)
- An excerpt from "Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose" by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. (thequietlife.net)
Business
- The story of 3G Capital. (colossus.com)
- The Boring Co. is going to start digging under Nashville. (bloomberg.com)
- The decline of the Washington Post is a failure of vision. (theatlantic.com)
Energy
- Just how fast the world is shifting from fossil fuels, think oil, toward renewables. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Data centers are transforming the electric grid across the U.S. (ft.com)
Global
- We don't reliably know the population of many countries. (davidoks.blog)
- Russia is recruiting people from overseas to be sent to the the front lines in Ukraine. (msn.com)
History
- How Victorian era cities grew so quickly. (worksinprogress.news)
- The smells of the past are lost to history. Researchers are trying to change that. (knowablemagazine.org)
Art
- Fanfiction is no longer in the shadows, it's mainstream. (defector.com)
- AI is making inroads into music faster than you think. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- 'Breaking Away' is a quiet, American masterpiece. (tremblesighwonder.com)
Longreads
- In an ideal world you wouldn't have to join an 'elite finance club' your freshman year in college to get a finance job. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- How 'Bitcoin Jesus' avoided prison time for tax evasion. (propublica.org)
- Lahaina is still building back from fire three years ago. (nytimes.com)
- Green burial options are growing in popularity. (wsj.com)
- In professional golf the difference between top of the leaderboard and the middle is not all that much. (nytimes.com)
- Americans trading off connection for convenience is nothing new. (afterbabel.com)
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