Longform links: random events

Business

• 12 lessons from Rob Hayes of First Round Capital. (25iq.com)
• Amazon's ($AMZN) war on the outdoor gear industry revealed. (outsideonline.com)
• China has leapfrogged the rest of the world when it comes to fintech adoption. (ft.com)

Sports

• A 'digital dinosaur' comes to the conclusion that e-sports is going to be huge. (kc-roi.com)
• Why isn't Mike Trout a mega-star? (washingtonpost.com)
• A quantitative take on why this pair of running shoes actually makes you run faster. (nytimes.com)

Longform

• Do we want health insurers hoovering up our non-health related data? (propublica.org)
• Coincidences are just that: random events. Why do we put so much emphasis on them? (aeon.co)
• Science is giving us insights into psychedelics and their ability to treat mental illness. (brainpickings.org)
• Russ Roberts on how he changed his self-image later on in life. (medium.com)
• The research on the benefits of meditation seem to be skewed. (aeon.co)
• In praise of mass market cruises. (nytimes.com)
• Anthony Bourdain's final interview. (popula.com)