Longform links: adversarial and manipulative
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 John Green, author of "Everything is Tuberculosis." (indianapolismonthly.com)
- An excerpt from "1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times, out on Tuesday" by Ross Benes. (insidehook.com)
- A Q&A with José Andrés author of "Change the Recipe." (fastcompany.com)
Society
- There's never been shorter jump from the online fringe to the White House. (theverge.com)
- The persecution of immigrants won't end just with immigrants. (thomaszimmer.substack.com)
- Politics isn't about statistics and policies. (forkingpaths.co)
- How the U.S. lost its way. (pragcap.com)
Environment
- When a species is endangered, a natural disaster can push them over the edge. (motherjones.com)
- Conservation efforts trump the expense of trying to revive extinct species. (nautil.us)
- The topography of Minnesota has changed. Duck hunters are hoping for a return of wetlands. (startribune.com)
Language
- When speaking a language, interjections matter. (knowablemagazine.org)
- What acting can teach us about the value of communication. (aeon.co)
Longreads
- Robert Seawright, "Instead of trying so hard to be smart, we should invert that and spend more energy on not being stupid, in large measure because not being stupid is far more achievable and manageable than being brilliant." (betterletter.substack.com)
- Despite claims to the contrary, we aren't ending disease any time soon. (science.org)
- A profile of Merck Mercuriadis who helped pioneer the idea of investing in song royalties. (bloomberg.com)
- No sport depends as much on its equipment, i.e. baseballs, than MLB. (huddleup.substack.com)
- A visualization of global migration. (nytimes.com)