Book excerpt: The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team by Ben Lindbergh asks what it is like to play Moneyball with no money. (FiveThirtyEight)
Quote of the Day
"The running boom is over. Blame millennials."
(Rachel Bachman)
Travel
- Why commercial airliners aren't flying any faster. (slate.com)
- Why Amtrak is so awful. (vox.com)
- Security lines are getting longer and longer. (nytimes.com)
- Some tips to make traveling a little easier. (businessinsider.com)
- What's it like to have in-flight wi-fi that doesn't suck. (qz.com)
Autos
- The revenge of the minivan. (theatlantic.com)
- It's probably not surprising that Americans are not yet sold on autonomous vehicles. (bloomberg.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is going to accelerate production of the Model 3. (fortune.com)
- Driverless cars are ahead of schedule. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Inside the Tesla ($TSLA) Gigafactory. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- The case for owning (vs. leasing) solar panels is getting stronger. (computerworld.com)
- Solar power is contagious. (vox.com)
Health
- We still have a lot to learn about fecal transplants. (washingtonpost.com)
- The mystery that is ear wax. (bbc.com)
The brain
Fitness
- A guide to really, really short workouts. (nytimes.com)
- The gains from high intensity training are very specific. (vox.com)
Food
- Is the US ready for chain of Lebanese restaurants? (wsj.com)
- McDonald's ($MCD) breakfast success has shaken up the fast food industry. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- Siri's creators have created a far more powerful bot, Viv. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why customers love mobile wallets like Apple ($AAPL) Pay. (nytimes.com)
- What's killing social networking. (computerworld.com)
- Selfies may be the new password. (washingtonpost.com)
Entertainment
- HBO needs a hit to replace Game of Thrones. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Disney ($DIS) is on an acquisition roll. (bloomberg.com)
- Why is Amazon ($AMZN) Video still not on the Apple ($AAPL) TV? (businessinsider.com)
- Hulu is developing a cable-style online TV service. (wsj.com)
- An interview with filmmaker Whit Stillman about being a late bloomer. (fastcompany.com)
- Why there's a glut of stand-up comedy specials. (wsj.com)
- This history of modern music is a fun listen. (polygraph.cool)
Sports
- Under Armour ($UA) has a Chinese knockoff. (washingtonpost.com)
- Does the 'hot hand' exist on the PGA Tour? (papers.ssrn.com)
- Meet the stud who is powering this year's Kentucky Derby. (bloomberg.com)
- Is the NFL overexposed on TV? (variety.com)
- Rugby has its own concussion problem. (qz.com)
Amazon Oasis
College
- It's a great time to be graduating from college. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Why so many Chinese students love to study in the US. (wsj.com)
- College kids at elite universities go to bed later. (qz.com)
- The backlash against the tax-exempt status of high profile private universities is growing. (bloomberg.com)
Education
- Why get a summer job when you can simply join the 'gig economy'? (wsj.com)
- How doodling can help you take notes. (qz.com)
- A strange divergence in math scores. (vox.com)
- When 'grit' means letting kids quit. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: better horse betting. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in April 2016. (abnormalreturns.com)
