Longform links: time and effort
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 “The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World’s Deadliest Addiction—and How to Overcome It” by James Kimmel, Jr. (wsj.com)
- A Q&A with Laura Miller, author of "Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers." (slate.com)
- Five insights from "Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance" by Henry Abbott. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- A Q&A with John Green, author of "Everything is Tuberculosis." (bigthink.com)
Startups
- A profile of Boom Supersonic and the quest for supersonic air travel. (wsj.com)
- A profile former child star Bridgit Mendler who has carved out an exciting tech-focused career. (arstechnica.com)
Warfare
- Modern technology is transforming warfare, putting power into the hands of underdogs. (wsj.com)
- A job at Anduril seems like an engineer's dream. (joincolossus.com)
Government
- The city of Chicago has a debt problem. (fa-mag.com)
- Why don't more governments issue income-dependent fines? (forkingpaths.co)
Longreads
- How the University of Texas endowment fund is diversifying into renewables. (youtube.com)
- How AI will make cybercrime even worse. (ft.com)
- Immigrants helped rebuild this Pennsylvania town. Now they are under siege. (bloomberg.com)
- What happens when a Chinese studio steals your movie idea. (theatlantic.com)
- When a whale dies, it feeds an entire ecosystem. (atmos.earth)
- Multiple invention is not all that uncommon. (construction-physics.com)
- On the fatal flaw of the self-help machine. (meghaanlurtz.substack.com)
