Longform links: misinformation and disinformation
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 Jonathan D. Cohen author of "Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling." (awfulannouncing.com)
- An excerpt from “Rich Girl Nation: Taking Charge of Our Financial Futures” by Katie Gatti Tassin. (wsj.com)
- A Q&A with Dalla Riva, author of "Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves." (numlock.com)
AI
- Joshua Rothman, "In our current reading regime, summarized or altered texts are the exception, not the rule. But over the next decade or so, that polarity may well reverse: we may routinely start with alternative texts and only later decide to seek out originals..." (newyorker.com)
- Do we really want AI to write history? (nytimes.com)
Social media
- Good luck getting help from Meta ($META) if your accounts are hacked. (theglobeandmail.com)
- How social media ruined America. (noahpinion.blog)
Medicine
- How childhood leukemia became increasingly treatable. (ourworldindata.org)
- How researchers developed a new class of non-opioid painkillers. (newyorker.com)
- How ivermectin became the go-to treatment for every ailment among a segment of MAGA. (theatlantic.com)
Longreads
- Multi-manager hedge funds are paying up, big time, for stock picking talent. (wsj.com)
- The culture war has come for the advertising industry. (on.ft.com)
- Redeveloping a big, empty shopping mall isn't easy. (nytimes.com)
- How to build a cult of personality: first make yourself inescapable. (forkingpaths.co)
- What humans learned about culture from animals. (aeon.co)
- On the power of showing interest in people. (moretothat.com)
- How 'Jaws' changed the summer movie going experience. (on.ft.com)
