Book list: 16 favorite books from 2016 including Neil Gaiman’s The View from the Cheap Seats. (Brain Pickings)
Quote of the Day
"Untrue stories are believable not only because of our partisanship and our confirmation bias, but also because of the proliferation of information on the internet. Anyone can now pick and choose from the internet’s vast trove of “facts” to colorfully embellish a simple story and make it superficially plausible."
(John Allen Paulos)
Autos
- Why Tesla ($TSLA) should reconsider the Chevy Bolt. (bloomberg.com)
- Lucid Motors aims to launch a fully electric, autonomous luxury car in 2018. (washingtonpost.com)
- Are we asking the right questions about a future filled with autonomous vehicles? (nytimes.com)
- Swatch is getting into the battery business. (hodinkee.com)
- What Waymo's self-driving vans look like. (fortune.com)
Energy
- Wind power technology is becoming more efficient over time. (bloomberg.com)
- Emerging markets are taking the lead on renewables. (vox.com)
Environment
- Good luck trying to build a climate change-proof ski resort. (bloomberg.com)
- Antarctic ice volumes hit a 35-year high. (washingtonpost.com)
- Israel is pushing hard on desalination. (scientificamerican.com)
Offers
- Time has run out. Time for an Amazon gift card. (amazon.com)
- You can rent a movie at Amazon (or Google) this holiday season for just $0.99 by using the promo code 'MOVIE99'. (theverge.com)
- Need something to binge on this holiday season? Amazon is streaming for free three of its original shows including "Mozart in the Jungle." (amazon.com)
Travel
- Commercial aviation technology is stagnant. (blog.elidourado.com)
- What a future LaGuardia Airport might look like in 2022. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- How WhatsApp became a global phenomenon. (nytimes.com)
- macOS is becoming a legacy system. (theverge.com)
Health
- The downside when celebrities, i.e. Angelina Jolie, talk about health issues. (washingtonpost.com)
- Evidence that women are better doctors. (theatlantic.com)
- Laser treatments for prostate cancer look promising. (engadget.com)
- Social isolation is a growing epidemic. (nytimes.com)
Psychology
- Goal-setting should flexible and doable. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- The risk to health care professionals to mental illness. (qz.com)
Food
- Hawaiian sugar is no more. (npr.org)
- America is gorging on takeout pizza. (bloomberg.com)
- Why cheese is so compelling to many. (bigthink.com)
- Some big food trends for 2017 including charcoal flavored cocktails. (bloomberg.com)
Drink
- 5 ways to get some interesting wines from someone who knows. (wsj.com)
- The best regional US craft beer styles. (wsj.com)
Fitness
Sports
- There's at least one college basketball coach who stresses academics. (nytimes.com)
- Backgammon is experiencing a bit of a renaissance. (bloomberg.com)
- A former NFL player writes about the experience of a concussion-filled career. (nytimes.com)
- Costco ($COST) is now making golf balls and people are snapping them up. (golf.com)
Entertainment
- Jerry Seinfeld says you can't teach some one to be funny. (hbr.org)
- 50 comedians pick 50 funny movies. (theguardian.com)
- The 100 best movies of the 21st century. (qz.com)
- On the myth of the small town Christmas promulgated by the Hallmark Channel. (bloomberg.com)
Rogue One
- How to think about the "reprise" of Peter Cushing's role in Rogue One. (marginalrevolution.com)
- CG actors will increasingly show up in movies. (venturebeat.com)
- How engineering plays a key role in Rogue One. (scifipolicy.com)
College
- Most colleges do a bad job at career counseling. (theatlantic.com)
- Women now make up a majority of law school students. (nytimes.com)
- Janet Yellen on the rising value of a college degree. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: drug interactions. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- FOMO, anxiety and perfectly imperfect portfolios. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Cash cows, like the actively managed fund business, die slowly then all at once. (abnormalreturns.com)
