Longform links: a fun challenge
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
1 month ago
2 MIN READ
Books
- An excerpt from “Abundance: How We Build a Better Future” by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. (nytimes.com)
- A Q&A with Thor Hanson author of “Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door.” (grist.org)
History
- Pardoning insurrectionists doesn’t have a good historical track record. (theconversation.com)
- How the postal service shaped America. (daily.jstor.org)
- A look back at William J. Burns, a scandal-mongering FBI director. (theconversation.com)
- Who was Casimir Pulaski and why do Polish-Americans celebrate his life? (smithsonianmag.com)
Video
- 20 years in, YouTube is a part of every media company’s strategy. (variety.com)
- Why Technicolor was such a big leap forward for movies. (hollywoodreporter.com)
Art
- Can artists use technology to combat AI stealing their IP? (chicagomag.com)
- How to spot a faked masterpiece. (bbc.co.uk)
Plants
- How plants are responding to global warming. (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
- Psychedelics have been in use for millennia. (longnow.org)
Longreads
- Walmart ($WMT) is now legitimate competition to Amazon ($AMZN) in delivery. (wsj.com)
- A deep dive into the economics of self-driving cars. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Why Apple ($AAPL) is struggling with Apple Intelligence. (stratechery.com)
- China is flexing its military might all around the Pacific. (wsj.com)
- Major Social Security legislation hasn’t passed since 1983. (bostonreview.net)
- Rural health coverage was in crisis even before the prospect of Medicaid cuts. (wapo.st)
- Cities like St. Louis need, and want, immigrants. (nytimes.com)
- A look back at the day the NBA closed up shop for the pandemic. (espn.com)
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