Book notes: Some useful lessons from Nick Gogerty’s The Nature of Value: How to Invest in the Adaptive Economy. (Millennial Invest)
Quote of the Day
"Our blogs used to be personal. Now so many have become content marketing sites to shout, market and sell."
(Bijan Sabet)
Science
- Costa Rica is new running solely on renewable energy. (qz.com)
- The surface of the earth is rising. (bloomberg.com)
Health
- On the epidemic in myopia. (nature.com)
- Tuberculosis is an overlooked disease. (slate.com)
- Are mega-hospital systems to blame for our health care issues? (slate.com)
The brain
- What we know about CTE. (sports.vice.com)
- Batting averages declines after a hitter comes back after a concussion. (nytimes.com)
Food
- What is the "ugly food" movement? (qz.com)
- We need to think how we raise livestock. (theatlantic.com)
- The bull market in prime rated beef. (bloomberg.com)
- An olive-tree disease is ripping through Italy (qz.com)
- Scientists are engineering a better bean for a hotter world. (qz.com)
- On the "invention" of the baby carrot. (priceonomics.com)
- America love fake maple syrup. (washingtonpost.com)
California
- California needs to stop using so much water to grow nuts. (marginalrevolution.com)
- The US is way too dependent on California for its food. (pragcap.com)
Sports
- The case for raising the rim in basketball. (star-telegram.com)
- Fantasy baseball has a big problem. (rollingstone.com)
- NFL teams don't have much financial incentive to win. (theatlantic.com)
- The rise and fall of Jeremy Linn. (espn.go.com)
Movies
- Young men are increasingly shunning the movie theater. (nytimes.com)
- Action movies are increasingly spoiling their best parts in the trailers. (theverge.com)
Entertainment
- Netflix ($NFLX), Amazon ($AMZN) and Hulu are now the streaming old guard. (nytimes.com)
- How documentaries took sports television by storm. (nytimes.com)
- Inside the writer's room at Lost. (vox.com)
- Five foolproof for 'lazy parents' visiting Disney World. (observer.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: putting the odds in your favor. (abnormalreturns.com)
Life
- Seven important life lessons. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- How to be a better spouse. (scientificamerican.com)
- A look at the new 'sex ed.' (nytimes.com)
