Book notes: Is work-life balance even possible? Thoughts on David Whyte’s The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship. (Farnam Street)
Technology
- Can this technology really increase the life of disposable batteries 8x? (pcworld.com)
- How much do hotel prices fluctuate? (priceonomics.com)
Environment
- Why are we cutting down US trees to send wood pellets to Europe? (washingtonpost.com)
- Why your clothes will increasingly be made from plastic. (qz.com)
- "Commercial aviation is essentially unregulated when it comes to the environment." (slate.com)
- Norway's sovereign wealth fund is divesting itself of coal. (theguardian.com)
Health
- Contrary to decades of teaching the brain IS connected directly to the body's immune system. (sciencedaily.com)
- Getting in touch with your body's rhythms. (wsj.com)
- Behavioral tactics curbed smoking, can the same be done with unhealthy eating? (bloombergview.com)
- Get up from your desk...seriously. (qz.com)
Food
- You are drinking coffee at the wrong time of day. (washingtonpost.com)
- The Cavendish banana is doomed. (bloomberg.com)
- Full fat dairy it awesome. (wsj.com)
- Subway is losing out in the Chipotle ($CMG) era. (washingtonpost.com)
- How Wal-Mart ($WMT) wants to change grocery shopping. (washingtonpost.com)
- The origin story of In-N-Out Burger. (mic.com)
Drink
- Washington is the new California, wine-wise. (nytimes.com)
- Cheap wine sucks: a manifesto. (kitchenette.jezebel.com)
- Americans say they like craft beer but buy Bud Light. (qz.com)
- Pedialyte is no better than water for a hangover. (theatlantic.com)
The brain
- Why are IQs increasing over time? (wsj.com)
- Are we hard-wired to say no when making decisions? (bigthink.com)
- Six myths about happiness. (vox.com)
Sports
- Every NBA team needs an Australian. (wsj.com)
- Meet the reporter who brought down FIFA. (washingtonpost.com)
- On the impressive rise of Pickleball. (vox.com)
- Larry Ellison wants to save US tennis. (bloomberg.com)
- The science behind why it is so difficult to win horse racing's Triple Crown. (wired.com)
Entertainment
- Why does Hollywood always pair male stars with younger women? (vulture.com)
- On the power of Spotify to unearth new music. (nytimes.com)
- Silicon Valley is the anti-Entourage. (vulture.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: retail arbitrage. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Summer reading: a list of lists. (abnormalreturns.com)
