Longform links: brutal and depressing

Finance

• Howard Marks jumps up and yells stop to modern investing techniques. (oaktreecapital.com)
• How to foster long-term thinking in an investment organization. (brandes.com)
• This article on retirement is brutal and depressing, but important. (wsj.com)

Technology

• How Nintendo continues to keep finding hits when they need them. (bloomberg.com)
• AI and automation is going to change the economy: the implications. (technologyreview.com)
• How autocrats have adjusted to the modern technological age. (bloomberg.com)

Longform

• New York City is at risk of becoming something it never was: boring. (harpers.org)
• The Italian mafia is just as powerful as it has ever been. (slate.com)
• The opioid crisis is well publicized. What isn't widely known is the challenge of getting people into rehab that works. (ft.com)
• In our hyperconnected world it is increasingly difficult to connect with ourselves. (qz.com)
• "[Fred] Rogers was impressive in his ability to make each individual viewer feel special." (buzzfeed.com)