Longform links: making waste disappear
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 "Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in San Altman's OpenAI." (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from "Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart" by Nicholas Carr. (behavioralscientist.org)
- Insights from Laura Spinney’s new book, "Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global." (slate.com)
- An excerpt from Tiffany Watt Smith’s new book, "Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship." (theatlantic.com)
AI
- A profile of Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei. (bloomberg.com)
- Why is Apple ($AAPL) continuing to struggle with AI? (bloomberg.com)
- AI agents don't read online ads. (stratechery.com)
Starlink
- Has Starlink already won the space internet race? (on.ft.com)
- The State Department is pushing Starlink service on other countries. (propublica.org)
Crime
- How crypto holders are being targeted by criminals in the physical world. (wsj.com)
- Where do stolen iPhones go? (ft.com)
Media
- A24 has done something unique for a movie studio - it has become a brand. (dirt.fyi)
- A profile of Tony Reali on the end of 'Around the Horn.' (washingtonpost.com)
Longreads
- The next century will be electrified. (noahpinion.blog)
- Even street festivals are becoming corporatized. (sherwood.news)
- Being a farmer was always tough, now even more so. (wapo.st)
- How to improve naval ship acquisition. (construction-physics.com)
- What safer, better designed, roads look like in practice. (asteriskmag.com)
- The story of the pioneering Freedom House Ambulance Service. (smithsonianmag.com)
- How Father Bob became Pope Leo. (nytimes.com)
