Notes: 15 insights from James Altucher’s new book Reinvent Yourself. (Ivanhoff Capital)
Quote of the Day
"There is no such thing as a free lunch. You can’t skim your way to knowledge, meaning, or understanding."
(Shane Parrish)
Chart of the Day
The reformulation of the powerful painkiller OxyContin in 2010 seems to be the source of the surge in heroin overdose deaths.
Autos
- Uber has a ton of transit data. (qz.com)
- Detroit thinks you are going to get sick of big SUVs. (bloomberg.com)
- Cadillac is offering a "Netflix for cars." (washingtonpost.com)
- The Chevy Bolt was named Car of the Year. (money.cnn.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is now charging for the use of its supercharging stations. (bloomberg.com)
- The future of cars is the interface, or lack thereof. (ben-evans.com)
Autonomous vehicles
- Waymo is building its own set of sensors. (ft.com)
- Expectations for autonomous vehicles should be tamped down. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Travel
- JetBlue ($JBLU) is the first American airline to have real, fast wi-fi. (techcrunch.com)
- Switzerland just had its worst month for skiing in a century. (bloomberg.com)
Offers
- You can watch the first episode of "Sneaky Pete" for free on Amazon Video. (amazon.com)
- Sign up for Audible.com and get two free audiobooks including the forthcoming Edward Thorp's "A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market." (amazon.com)
- Pre-order Market Wizard Tony Saliba's forthcoming "Managing Expectations: Driving Profitable Option Trading Outcomes Through Knowledge, Discipline, and Risk Management" and get a free e-book and audiobook. (martinkronicle.com)
Science
- The moon isn't one rock. It's a whole bunch of rocks. (washingtonpost.com)
- Scientists think we are on the cusp of real battery breakthroughs. (sciencenews.org)
- Neanderthals were people too. (nytimes.com)
- Why do you babble like a baby to your dog? (newscientist.com)
Technology
- Fred Wilson, "Something may be inevitable, but that doesn’t mean it will happen quickly." (avc.com)
- Competition is only going to increase in voice computing. (engadget.com)
Health
- On the prospects for a universal flu vaccine. (washingtonpost.com)
- We have EHR but do not enough with it. (npr.org)
- This new treatment may eliminate having to drill cavities. (theguardian.com)
- We shower way too much. (businessinsider.com)
Psychology
- Brett Steenabarger, "Failure can be the best of teachers, but only if we're willing to accept and learn from painful mistakes." (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- Four simple ways to combat stress. (hbr.org)
- Trans cranial stimulation can help with depression symptoms. (newscientist.com)
- Shorter work days are great but expensive to implement. (nytimes.com)
- Our lives are revealed by our online engagement. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
Food
- Americans should be eating more local seafood. (npr.org)
- Farmed salmon prices are set to rise after an outbreak of sea lice. (ft.com)
- Going organic just became easier for farmers. (npr.org)
- Rye is making a comeback. (nytimes.com)
- The world can't get enough Australian beef. (ft.com)
- Americans are shunning milk for cheese. (bloomberg.com)
- Blaze Pizza is pushing hard to expand. (businessinsider.com)
Drink
- Oasis Beverages, the owner of a host of beer brands including Pabst, is making its way between big beer and the craft brewers. (marketwatch.com)
- Would you drink vodka out of a box? (bloomberg.com)
- What is hop-free beer? (bloomberg.com)
Fitness
- Not every workout works for every person. (nytimes.com)
- Yoga has become the plaything of the cross-training crowd. (bloomberg.com)
- So-called "weekend warriors" get a health benefit from their efforts. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- Are we cheating athletes by not allowing them to use cannabis to treat pain? (redef.com)
- The NFL is sorely lacking star players. (theatlantic.com)
- MLB teams are downplaying the value of the home run. (sportsnet.ca)
- Poker players are getting much better due to AI. (businessinsider.com)
- Bo Jackson won't let his kids play football. (usatoday.com)
Entertainment
- Vimeo is entering the market for original content. (bloomberg.com)
- Social media data can help predict box office success. (papers.ssrn.com)
Education
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: mermaid tales. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: Jersey boys. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Evidence-based free throw shooting and what it means for investing. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Per Gordon Gekko, High paid MBA types are "sheep." (abnormalreturns.com)
