Longform links: outperforming others
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 "Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son" by Lionel Barber. (politico.com)
- An excerpt from "The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource" by Chris Hayes. (theatlantic.com)
- A Q&A with Mónica Guzmán, author of "Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times." (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- The first chapter of Brian Klaas' "Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters." (forkingpaths.co)
Business
- How Garmin ($GRMN) has successfully reinvented itself over time. (readtrung.com)
- Walgreen's ($WBA) replaced thousands of cooler doors with "smart doors" that didn't work very well. (bloomberg.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) has way too much power. (honest-broker.com)
Invasive species
- Lake Tahoe has an invasive species problem. (baynature.org)
- Non-native pink salmon are invading Norwegian rivers. (biographic.com)
Behavior
- Larry M. Bartels, "Support for populist parties and candidates in contemporary Western democracies is driven primarily not by economic grievances but by cultural concerns." (insidestory.org.au)
- Oliver Burkeman, "Our ceaseless efforts to get into the driver’s seat of life seem to sap it of the very sense of aliveness that makes it worth living in the first place." (behavioralscientist.org)
- Mark Monteiro, "The only way to defeat a narcissistic sociopath is to starve them." (buttondown.com)
Longreads
- Lessons learned from Jimmy Carter's long life including 'Don’t talk about it. Be about it.' (ryanholiday.net)
- Martha “Marty” Goddard invented the rape kit but has to-date been written out of the history books. (theatlantic.com)
- A profile of Adrian Wojnarowski, general manager of the St. Bonaventure men's basketball team. (nytimes.com)
- What Roman coins reveal about who made them. (lithub.com)
