Longform links: a less central America
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
1 day ago
2 MIN READ
Technology
- The electrification of everything is inevitable. (notboring.co)
- Has the value of ‘Big Data’ been oversold? (jamesrball.com)
Education
- The gap between the highest and lowest performing students in the U.S. is growing. (afterbabel.com)
- A profile of Joe Liemandt, founder of AI School. (joincolossus.com)
Diversity
- Nick Clegg, “It is a cultural thing, through from Elon Musk’s chainsaw-wielding stuff to any Silicon Valley podcast. If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” (theguardian.com)
- DEI was a horrible acronym, but diversity is a good thing. (hamiltonnolan.com)
Work
- Its becoming clear that AI is affecting early career outcomes. (derekthompson.org)
- Why Americans fear global trade: the lack of a social safety net and job transition. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Who gets to decide what’s good coffee? (slate.com)
- A profile of some of the graduates from Hot Dog University on Chicago’s north side. (switchboardmagazine.com)
Longreads
- How the U.S. sheperds its water resources. (construction-physics.com)
- Kodak is a poster child for the innovator’s dilemma. (quartr.com)
- The entire extended Kennedy family has been dragged into the broader MAHA controversy. (nymag.com)
- Why cities love to build housing for seniors, i.e. no schools to build. (theargumentmag.com)
- On the risks that police pursuits represent for civilians. (indianacapitalchronicle.com)
- It took billions of years for that diamond to reach your finger. (forkingpaths.co)
- The North had very real economic advantages over the South leading up to the Civil War. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Maybe things really are better in Finland. (slate.com)
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