Book excerpt: How will our television output be remembered in the future? An excerpt from Chuck Klosterman’s But What If We’re Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past. (The Ringer)
Quote of the Day
"Before the early 1970s, almost no one worked out."
(Daniel Kunitz)
Autos
- Cars are getting weird. (kottke.org)
- 15 things you should know about distracted driving. (mentalfloss.com)
- Minorities have fewer drivers licenses. (theatlantic.com)
- Why automakers obsess over the 24 hours at Lemans. (bloomberg.com)
Offers
- Modern Trader magazine hits its stride with the latest issue on managed futures. (moderntrader.com)
- Cut the cord and save $15 on Fire TV. (amazon.com)
- Sign up for Audible.com and get two free books including Jonah Berger's Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior Audible." (amazon.com)
Health
- How much sugar is too much? (mobile.nytimes.com)
- How 911 has cut down on homicide deaths. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Doctors are overloaded with electronic alerts. (washingtonpost.com)
- A company has found a way to temporarily open up the blood-brain barrier. (next.ft.com)
Psychology
- People do not discount the future at the same rate. (psychologytoday.com)
- The psychology of buying and selling a house. (wsj.com)
- How to deal with the negative thoughts in your brain. (wsj.com)
- Even extroverts can get drained by social interactions. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- The challenge of replication. (timharford.com)
Food
- Eat more whole grains. (reuters.com)
- Broccoli rabe is trying to be the new kale. (wsj.com)
- Blue Apron is focusing on heirloom vegetables. (washingtonpost.com)
- How to cook the perfect "American breakfast." (qz.com)
- Nobody cooks at home any more. (qz.com)
- What is barbeque? (kottke.org)
Drink
- The 50 most underrated microbreweries in America. (pastemagazine.com)
- 7 tips on how to make a better martini. (mentalfloss.com)
- Don't drink really hot coffee. (bloomberg.com)
Discounts
- Sonos speakers don't often go on sale. Now they are in time for Father's Day. (amazon.com)
- The tablet that costs as little as a book the Amazon Kindle Fire 7" is currently on sale. (amazon.com)
Entertainment
- Whit Stillman FTW. (wsj.com)
- The most annoying thing about streaming TV is about to change. (qz.com)
- NPR is facing an existential crisis. (wsj.com)
Sports
- How Chicago came to host an America's Cup race. (openmarkets.cmegroup.com)
- Why does everyone want to put a sports team in Las Vegas? (theringer.com)
- Why the 5k is the perfect race. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- The NBA is awash in cash. (espn.go.com)
- Why are MLB strikeouts on the rise? (theringer.com)
- How golf helps you confront your own mortality. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: invisible influences. (abnormalreturns.com)
- John Oliver on the scandal of today's expensive (and complicated) 401(k) plans. (abnormalreturns.com)
Cities
- Chicago is both flourishing and dying at the same time. (chicagobusiness.com)
- Why is Milwaukee kicking in $250 million for a new stadium? (theatlantic.com)
- Indianapolis has benefited from in-migration. What next? (newgeography.com)
- Free parking in cities isn't free. (washingtonpost.com)
- McDonald's ($MCD) is moving from the suburbs to downtown Chicago. (bloomberg.com)
- Bidding wars come to near-in NYC suburbs. (nytimes.com)
