Longform Links

• A Map of American Electricity Use in 1921 http://flip.it/mUvyP 
• How much do people drink - does it matter? http://rdd.me/cwdpkjlt  via @readability
• A life and death situation http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/a-life-or-death-situation.html?ref=magazine&_r=1&&pagewanted=print …
• The lives of lions http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/serengeti-lions/quammen-text …
• something borrowed http://rdd.me/qwp6y4ho  via @readability
• Beauty is just business http://rdd.me/z7bhx8vw  via @readability
• How an Introvert Can Be Happier: Act Like an Extrovert http://rdd.me/mglorpyz  via @readability
• Bronte capital vs. Ackman http://brontecapital.blogspot.ca/2013/07/it-was-night-before-christmas.html?spref=tw …
• A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/business/a-shuffle-of-aluminum-but-to-banks-pure-gold.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 …
• How Legalizing Prostitution Has Failed http://rdd.me/3k75mfw2  via @readability
• The disposable Sherpas #longreads http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/mountaineering/Disposable-Man-History-of-the-Sherpa-on-Everest.html?page=all&src=longreads …
• The Cult of Amazon http://rdd.me/f1clfjw0  via @readability
• Tom Thum: The orchestra in my mouth http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_thum_the_orchestra_in_my_mouth.html?utm_source=twitter&source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share … [ video]
• There's No Formula for Fixing Detroit, and That's a Good Thing http://rdd.me/vqpaxesy  via @readability
• Slow Ideas http://rdd.me/wswr1pst  via @readability
• Greenlight Capital Q1 2013 Letter: Yen Winner, Ballmer Looser http://rdd.me/qbyd9mvu  via @readability