Book review: Jason Wilkes’ Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself is a informal approach to learning math. (Scientific American)
Quote of the Day
"Just because we now know that something happened doesn’t imply that we could have known it was going to happen at the time, even in principle, because at the time, it wasn’t necessarily going to happen at all."
(Duncan J. Watts)
Autos
- Stop-start technology is spreading. (nytimes.com)
- Ford ($F) is testing its own car sharing program. (fortune.com)
- Tesla's ($TSLA) business model is more meaningful than its auto technology. (slate.com)
- SUVs continue to push upmarket. (nytimes.com)
- Cars are more than just design and technology. (macworld.com)
Environment
- US companies are serious about buy wind power. (washingtonpost.com)
- CO2 emissions are decreasing in the US but they are being offset by methane emissions. (washingtonpost.com)
Kindle Oasis
- Amazon ($AMZN) is targeting the high-end with its new Kindle Oasis e-reader. (theverge.com)
- Check out the Kindle Oasis now: (amazon.com)
Travel
- 8 ways that technology may make flying better in the future. (wired.com)
- Engineers need to solve the sonic boom problem before supersonic planes fly commerically again. (economist.com)
- How improvements in business class eventually find their way into economy class. (next.ft.com)
Technology
- Why do older people love Facebook ($FB)? (nytimes.com)
- Why the rise of ransomware attacks should worry you. (boingboing.net)
- Have we become too dependent on satellite navigation? (vox.com)
- The inherent problem with anonymous apps. (medium.com)
- Chatbots are the new apps. (washingtonpost.com)
- Beware of so-called online "discounts." (nytimes.com)
Health
- Want to get a parent riled up? Tell them their kid has lice. (nytimes.com)
- Psychosomatic illnesses are very real to patients. (bbc.com)
- How to wash your hands correctly. (businessinsider.com)
- Some tooth decay can be reversed through mineralization. (wsj.com)
- Get more sleep to ward off the common cold. (livescience.com)
- Do retail health clinics increase or decrease health spending? (nytimes.com)
- What happens when you remove a tattoo? (bigthink.com)
The brain
- Are mindfulness apps stressing us out? (telegraph.co.uk)
- People think they want choice? They really don't. (fastcompany.com)
- The signaling benefit of living beyond your means. (bbc.com)
Food
- Tickets are the new restaurant reservation. (washingtonpost.com)
- Americans are pulling back on soda even in restaurants. (washingtonpost.com)
- We are spending ever less time in the kitchen. (theatlantic.com)
- Restaurant claims of being "farm-to-table" should be taken with a shaker of salt. (tampabay.com)
Drink
Sports
- What do you get when you buy a ski resort for $149,000? (outsideonline.com)
- More than 40% of former NFL players have signs of traumatic brain injury. (reuters.com)
- MLB warning tracks are useless. (espn.go.com)
- How MLB is adjusting to the Chase Utley rule on slides. (espn.go.com)
- Drone racing is going mainstream. (qz.com)
- How to fix college basketball? (americansportsnet.com)
Media
Entertainment
- Louis C.K. bet (and lost) on his new online show "Horace and Pete." (qz.com)
- How should we describe the career of director Jon Favreau? (slate.com)
Education
- Why talented minority students can go undiscovered. (nytimes.com)
- Flagship state universities increasingly serve wealthier students. (marketwatch.com)
- Should college students pledge a percentage of future earnings for college funding. (washingtonpost.com)
- Teach for America is losing its luster with elite college graduates. (washingtonpost.com)
- What skills an 18-year old should have. (qz.com)
- Has America shift too hard toward math and reading? (washingtonpost.com)
Offers
- Try Audible.com and get two free books in the process including "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalathini. (amazon.com)
- Still haven't caught up with Showtime's "Billions"? Sign up for a free-trial to Showtime via Amazon. (amazon.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: luck and skill. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A new Essential Listening is up with talks about Iceland's economy, luck vs. skill and payday loans. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
