Longform links: a policeman on the take
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
1 day ago
2 MIN READ
Books
- A review of “The Science of Second Chances: A Revolution in Criminal Justice” by Jennifer Doleac. (washingtonmonthly.com)
- Insights from “How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History” by Helen Zoe Veit. (thebulwark.com)
- An excerpt from “True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color–from Azure to Zinc Pink” by Kory Stamper. (longreads.com)
- An excerpt from Bill Gifford’s forthcoming book, “Hotwired: How The Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger.” (theatlantic.com)
Business
- Jerry Neumann, “The Red Queen hypothesis is the closest thing entrepreneurship has to a foundational law.” (colossus.com)
- A Red Lobster turnaround is a big ask. (bloomberg.com)
- The story of Tetra Pak. (quartr.com)
Unreasonable Hospitality
- Ted Seides talks with Will Guidara author of “Unreasonable Hospitality: The Field Guide.” (capitalallocators.com)
- Simon Sinek talks with Will Guidara author of “Unreasonable Hospitality: The Field Guide.” (simonsinek.com)
Global
- How the world’s ‘shadow fleet’ is cashing in on the Iran war. (ig.ft.com)
- Corruption is alive and well in Hungary. (ft.com)
- China is all-in on robotics. (theguardian.com)
War
- Ben Buchheim-Jurisson, “Private market civilians cannot be said to be engaging in service.” (warontherocks.com)
- How cheap drones have completely transformed the conduct of war. (reuters.com)
- Fighting in the Arctic is no small thing. (nytimes.com)
Longreads
- Gambling has a lot of (negative) knock-on effects. (yourbrainonmoney.substack.com)
- Vaccines have a whole lot of downstream benefits we are ignorant of, or just ignore entirely. (statnews.com)
- Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen, “The aggregation of scientific evidence does not corroborate the idea of psychopathy. If anything, it throws the whole notion into doubt.” (aeon.co)
- You’ve heard a lot of synch music, even if you don’t realize it. (nytimes.com)
- How to interview someone interesting. (om.co)
- On the fine art of taking a vacation. (nytimes.com)
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