Book excerpt: Kenneth Goldsmith’s Wasting Time on the Internet on whether “screen addiction” is all that bad. (Quartz)
Autos
- The electric car revolution is closer than you think. (wsj.com)
- Autonomous cars also have to take into account the human factor. (ft.com)
Transport
- Cargo ships could go autonomous. (wsj.com)
- Random drug testing does a good job of keeping drunk pilots out of the sky. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- Siri is going to have a bigger role in iOS 10. (wsj.com)
- Ten open questions for technology. (digitopoly.org)
Science
- Texas is pushing hard on renewables. (wsj.com)
- How dogs process language. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Health
- Reviewing the evidence of various dental health strategies. (nytimes.com)
- Can anti-inflammatory drugs be used to treat depression? (qz.com)
- The best position for sleeping. (businessinsider.com)
Routers
- Routers are no longer hidden away. (wired.com)
- Eero is an example of attractive routers. (amazon.com)
Food trends
- Some evidence that the Paleo Diet is a myth. (qz.com)
- Why Tibetans drink yak butter tea. (eater.com)
- Granola is not as healthy as you think. (nytimes.com)
- OJ consumption is in secular decline. (buzzfeed.com)
Food trends
- Some ingredients top chefs can't live without. (bloomberg.com)
- A field guide to the world's sausages. (wsj.com)
- In search of the best hot chicken. (theringer.com)
- In praise of the crunchy goodness of the patty melt. (nytimes.com)
- Oreo Thins are a joke. (slate.com)
Craft beer
- How the South came around to craft beer. (washingtonpost.com)
- The Brits are warming to US craft beer. (wsj.com)
The brain
- Dogs can help prevent anxiety in children. (thedailybeast.com)
- Are you addicted to stress? (businessinsider.com)
Entertainment
- The seven Star Wars movies ranked. (medium.com)
- "Equity" is a realistic look at powerful women in business. (qz.com)
Education
- Students learn more from attractive teachers. (wsj.com)
- How to deal with early (and late) school starting times. (wsj.com)
- The math myth: not everyone needs to take higher order math. (econlog.econlib.org)
- What states experience in-migration of college kids? (nytimes.com)
Sports
- The science of the finishing kick. (runnersworld.com)
- Temporary pools in major competitions are prone to unfair currents. (washingtonpost.com)
- Five years ago NBA franchises were changing hands left and right, what changed? (sbnation.com)
- The roof at the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium is translucent. (wired.com)
Entertainment
- "Deadwood" is a top ten all-time show. (theringer.com)
- How the 'Upright Citizens Brigade' became a hothouse for comedy talent. (newyorker.com)
- Can an algorithm pick bestselling books? (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: machine learning explained. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Twitter reactions to the laughable ideas in finance. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Investing tribes and the paradox of choice: my post up at the Enterprising Investor blog. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- What idea in finance today, that we hold to be true, will seem laughable in 100 years? (abnormalreturns.com)
