Book notes: Players: The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution
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by Matthew Futterman “..could not be more timely.” (NYTimes)
Quote of the Day
"The best training for doing any job is doing that job. Not doing a related job. Doing the job itself."
(Jeremy Liew)
Autos
- What it's like to NOT drive at Tesla. (mrmoneymustache.com)
- You can't have self-driving cars without good maps. (marginalrevolution.com)
Travel
- Why we sleep poorly in our first night in a new location. (theatlantic.com)
- Credit card churners do it all for the miles. (bloomberg.com)
- Canada's air traffic system is the envy of US pilots and airlines. (wsj.com)
Offers
- Subscribe to Modern Trader and one free month, the MT app and access to all past issues. (moderntrader.com)
- Get Mom something she really wants: the gift of Amazon Prime. (amazon.com)
- You can get a Kindle Paperwhite for $20 off for a limited time. (amazon.com)
Environment
- How two regulations saved the manatee. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Why we need to give up on the idea of the perfectly manicured lawn. (vox.com)
- Renewable energy companies are growing too fast, with too much debt. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- We are evolving into an AI-first world. (avc.com)
- Jobs are for computers, not people. (medium.com)
- The smart home will not be DIY. (businessinsider.com)
- Silicon Valley interns make good coin. (bloomberg.com)
Health
- Does a fasting regime help stave off disease? (qz.com)
- Addiction treatment has a worker shortage problem. (wsj.com)
- The price of medical procedures can vary wildly by geography. (npr.org)
- The teen birthrate is at an all-time low. (washingtonpost.com)
The brain
- How to catch someone in a lie. (nymag.com)
- Publication bias: why mindfulness may be oversold. (qz.com)
- Three simple ways to improve your memory. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- People love deadlines. (sciencemag.org)
Fitness
- Even more evidence in support of quick, high intensity training. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
- The benefits to the brain from exercise are understated. (qz.com)
Food
- "The Bulletproof Diet" is everything wrong with how we approach food in America. (vox.com)
- Americans increasingly love pre-cut fruits and veggies. (buzzfeed.com)
- Would you eat a Chipotle ($CMG) breakfast burrito? (bloomberg.com)
- Who invented Eggs Benedict? (atlasobscura.com)
- The 50 best restaurants in America. (businessinsider.com)
Wireless headphones
- Most wireless headphones are pretty buggy, these aren't. (pastemagazine.com)
- You can buy the Master & Dynamic MW60 Wireless headphones here: (amazon.com)
Entertainment
- Which streaming service has the best original content? (cnbc.com)
- Tidal still hasn't figured things out yet. (wired.com)
- How Lifetime turned things around. (buzzfeed.com)
- Is the new TV getting bloated? (marginalrevolution.com)
Sports
- A complete history of MLB. (projects.fivethirtyeight.com)
- The highly unlikely rise of Leicester City. (bloombergview.com)
- Instant replay is out of control. (southcoasttoday.com)
- The NBA needs to shorten its playoff series. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: blind hiring challenges. (abnormalreturns.com)
Education
- College kids don't take advantage of office hours. (qz.com)
- The job market for PhDs is poor but people keep signing up. (theatlantic.com)
- The service academies have become top liberal arts schools. (washingtonpost.com)
- More technology in the classroom is not necessarily better. (washingtonpost.com)
