Longform links: coastal vulnerability

Finance

• 12 lessons from James O'Shaughnessy author of "What Works on Wall Street." (25iq.com)
• The private equity industry is booming. Time to take note. (institutionalinvestor.com)
• Will factor investing put hedge funds out of business? (ft.com)

Technology

• We need a backup system for GPS. (bloomberg.com)
• How e-commerce is changing rural China. (newyorker.com)
• The market for information is broken. (medium.com)

Longform

• The small country of Guyana is on the cusp of an oil boom. (nytimes.com)
• Abandoning vulnerable cities near the coast seems like a logical solution to rising sea levels but in practice is a tough sell. (scientificamerican.com)
• Modern life is at odds with our need for sleep. (nationalgeographic.com)
• Nick Chater, author of "The Mind is Flat" says there is no unconscious mind for us to probe. (nautil.us)
• How one writer's encounter with Fred Rogers changed his opinion entirely. (vox.com)