Longform links: the frictionless online world
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
1 week ago
2 MIN READ
Books
- An excerpt from “The Mismeasurement of America: How Outdated Government Statistics Mask the Economic Struggle of Everyday Americans” by Eugene Ludwig. (politico.com)
- A Q&A with Cory Doctorow, author of “Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.” (arstechnica.com)
Business
- How the science of living systems can inform company building. (invrt.substack.com)
- Japanese denim is legendary. The industry is now at risk as workers age out. (bloomberg.com)
- The story of Crumbl cookie. (hollywoodreporter.com)
Media
- Media self-censoring in the age of Trump 2.0. (politico.com)
- On the challenges of running a local (midcoast Maine) newspaper these days. (nytimes.com)
- How high profile journalists have created a second act online. (yahoo.com)
Ukraine
- How Ukrainian forces are innovating with land drones. (wapo.st)
- How the war is affecting Ukraine’s youth. (theatlantic.com)
Global
- Why China holds the lead on rare earth minerals. (nixons.substack.com)
- Why isn’t Argentina rich? (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
Policy
- American aid cutbacks are having devastating effects in Somalia. (nytimes.com)
- During the campaign, Trump distanced himself from Project 2025. Now it’s architect is pulling the budget strings. (propublica.org)
Online
- How online scams work. (wsj.com)
- Social media isn’t just destructive, now it’s just kinda boring. (forkingpaths.co)
- All the online trends that are working against us. (theguardian.com)
Longreads
- Floods don’t care how we manipulate flood zone maps. (wsj.com)
- Phonics works, but it’s no panacea. (freddiedeboer.substack.com)
- Modern life is characterized by an explosion in choice. (aeon.co)
- What it was like to attend the Riyadh Comedy Festival. (theatlantic.com)
- There’s no redistribution without abundance. (forkingpaths.co)
- The existential threat of nuclear war never really went away. We just chose to ignore it. (theatlantic.com)
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