Longform links: constraining future historians
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
3 weeks ago
2 MIN READ
Books
- An excerpt from Brooke Harrington’s forthcoming book, “Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism.” (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from “Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery,” by Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz. (wsj.com)
- An excerpt from “The Happiness of Dogs: Why the Unexamined Life Is Most Worth Living” by Mark Rowlands. (theguardian.com)
- A Q&A with Julie McFadden author of “Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully.” (nextavenue.org)
Fund management
- How secretive Sovereign Global Investment has made a fortune making big bets. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Another example of a CEO getting rich(er) while his hospital company goes under. (wsj.com)
Housing
- Housing is both a consumer good and asset class. (noahpinion.blog)
- What the market in Kalmazoo, MI tells us about the housing crisis. (nytimes.com)
- Why are people leaving New York City. (on.ft.com)
AI
- Is AI going to revolutionize drug discovery? (atelfo.github.io)
- The race for AGI is on. (situational-awareness.ai)
Michael Lewis
- Michael Lewis weighs in on Sam Bankman-Fried, post conviction. (wapo.st)
- Michael Oher is telling his story. (nytimes.com)
Oceans
- The inside story of how the Nordstream pipeline sabotage went down. (wsj.com)
- How re-flagged ships are getting around local fishing regulations. (ig.ft.com)
Food
- The case for vertical farms. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Is ‘precision fermentation’ the future of food? (noemamag.com)
Behavior
- Our brains are not designed to give us the entirety of reality. (nautil.us)
- Volunteering is a ‘social medicine’ with no prescription required. (forkingpaths.co)
Longreads
- How Costco ($COST) re-trained the American shopper. (nytimes.com)
- How much security do private security companies actually provide? (harpers.org)
- There’s no Internet with fiber optic cable. How it gets made. (washingtonpost.com)
- How wealth inequality in the West has decreased. (aeon.co)
- These journalists are trying to keep on eye on the Taliban. (theatlantic.com)
- True crime has dedicated fans and their own conventions. (slate.com)
- Why does fraternity hazing continue? (annehelen.substack.com)
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