Book excerpt: How to think like a designer, from Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett. (WSJ)
Quote of the Day
"Play is one of the most important ways in which children learn."
(Jack Shonkoff)
Chart of the Day
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin just unveiled a big *ass rocket. (See also Ars Technica.)
Energy
- Don't underestimate the disruptive effects of wind and solar on traditional power. (bloomberg.com)
- How the US keeps finding stores of oil. (slate.com)
Offers
- You can now get Robert Cialdini's highly anticipated second book "Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade." (amazon.com)
- Try Audible.com and get two free audiobooks including "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight. (amazon.com)
- Amazon is pushing hard into voice powered-computing with the new Dot. (amazon.com)
Autos
- Ford ($F) is making a serious push to be a 'mobility company.' (recode.net)
- Can the Chevy Bolt compete with the Tesla Model 3? (businessinsider.com)
- The future of Uber is self-driving cars. (recode.net)
Travel
- Flight attendants hate flying to this country. (qz.com)
- Lithium batteries and airplanes are a dangerous mix. (nytimes.com)
- What's it like to ride in a self-driving Uber. (businessinsider.com)
Health
- There may soon be a blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome. (economist.com)
- How hospitals are battling MRSA. (wsj.com)
- Get the flu shot this year people! (wsj.com)
- Why fidgeting is good for your health. (nytimes.com)
- What to eat while you're sick. (newscientist.com)
- Active monitoring is a viable strategy for men with early-stage prostate cancer. (scientificamerican.com)
Science
Food
- Fish mislabeling is a worldwide problem. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Pork just keeps on getting cheaper. (managed-futures-blog.attaincapital.com)
- Vanilla is in short supply. (scientificamerican.com)
- Cup o' Noodles is changing its recipe. (latimes.com)
Restaurants
- Starbucks ($SBUX) has become ubiquitous. That is the problem. (washingtonpost.com)
- Can Chipotle ($CMG) turn things around? (businessinsider.com)
Drink
- This is America's most innovative craft brewer. (bloomberg.com)
- 10 words you should look for on your under-$20 bottle of wine. (businessinsider.com)
- China is losing its taste for beer. (bloomberg.com)
- How to make the perfect Negroni. (wsj.com)
Sport
- Daily fantasy sports has changed a lot in the last year. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Can football ever be made safe? (theringer.com)
- Women are fantastic long-distance swimmers. (nymag.com)
- Youth soccer is getting more aggressive. (nytimes.com)
- Drone racing on TV? Sure, why not. (bloomberg.com)
Entertainment
- Was Netflix's ($NFLX) Bloodline a failure? (vulture.com)
- Millennials hate paying for TV. (recode.net)
- Self-published books have taken a ton of share from the Big Five publishers. (bloomberg.com)
Amazon Echo
- Amazon ($AMZN) is now producing white Echos and Echo Dots with new capabilities. (sixcolors.com)
- Alexa is coming to Fire Tablets. (washingtonpost.com)
- Get an Amazon Echos here: (amazon.com)
Kids
- Tips on raising gifted children. (bigthink.com)
- Why adolescents don't like to answer "How was school today?" (nytimes.com)
- A national teacher shortage is looming. (washingtonpost.com)
College
- Does it pay to start off at a community college? (wsj.com)
- 10 things kids should know before going to college. (vox.com)
- What 10 traits Harvard looks for in MBA students. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) has transformed the college book store. (nytimes.com)
- What an outsourced college essay looks like. (wsj.com)
Location
- Pittsburgh is 'cool' but it is still losing population. (bloomberg.com)
- Paris is turning its central highway into a park. (slate.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our September round-up of the month's book-related links. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now get a free look at the October 2016 issue of Modern Trader and much more. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Investing tribes and the paradox of choice. [rebroadcast] (abnormalreturns.com)
9/11 Stories
- The people of Gander, Newfoundland are awesome. (mentalfloss.com)
- Steve Buscemi is the best. (good.is)
