Review: Kenny Aronoff has drummed with pretty much everyone in rock ‘n roll. What he learned along the way in Sex, Drums and Rock ‘n Roll: The Hardest Hitting Man in Show Business. (Big Picture)
Quote of the Day
"There is a qualitative and quantitative difference between a day that begins with a little exercise, a book, meditation, a good meal, a thoughtful walk, and the start of a day that begins with a smartphone in bed."
(Craig Mod)
Chart of the Day
Manchester United ($MANU) is atop the list of the world’s top (revenue) teams.
Autos
- The auto industry is rebuilding in anticipation of autonomous vehicles. (wired.com)
- Electric vehicles could end car ownership as we know it today. (wsj.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is raiding Apple ($AAPL) to build an entirely different kind of computer. (wired.com)
- Faraday Future, an erstwhile Tesla-killer, is in disarray. (businessinsider.com)
Environment
- China is trying to go green but many of its big wind projects are idle. (nytimes.com)
- 2016 was the hottest year on record. (npr.org)
- E-waste is surging in Asia. (engadget.com)
Travel
- Upside.com is applying AI to booking trips. (bloomberg.com)
- Airbus is building a self-flying, single-seat, "air taxi." (qz.com)
- Which US airport has the fastest Internet? (medium.com)
Science
- Science and the crisis of narcissism. (theguardian.com)
- We need to be warier of solar flares. (bloomberg.com)
- Dark matter is BS. (wired.com)
Technology
- Why Facebook ($FB) is pushing so hard into AI. (arstechnica.com)
- Andy Rubin's follow-up to Android is a series of AI-infused consumer products including a smartphone. (bloomberg.com)
- This was the great innovation of the original iPhone. (mondaynote.com)
- Is WeChat the OS to rule them all? (bloomberg.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) AMP sucks. (daringfireball.net)
- What happens when an algorithm designs a concert hall. (wired.com)
Offers
- Market Wizard Tony Saliba's new book "Managing Expectations: Driving Profitable Option Trading Outcomes Through Knowledge, Discipline, and Risk Management" is now out. Get a free e-book and audiobook version today. (martinkronicle.com)
- This new book, "High Returns from Low Risk: A Remarkable Stock Market Paradox" by Pim van Vliet and Jan de Koning looks right up our alley. (amazon.com)
- Sign up for Audible.com and get two free audiobooks including Edward Thorp's "A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market." (amazon.com)
The brain
- Concussions may soon be diagnosed by a blood test. (wired.com)
- Can you be 'addicted' to rock climbing? (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Food
- Fast food chicken nuggets, ranked. (eater.com)
- The horrible fate facing male chicks. This is hopefully a solution. (modernfarmer.com)
- Grass-fed beef is getting distribution by some new startups. (nytimes.com)
- Sticky labels on fruit and veggies maybe be replaced by lasered tattoos. (theguardian.com)
- WTF is 'mushroom coffee'? (foodrepublic.com)
Drink
- Humans have been drinking booze since before we were actually human. (nationalgeographic.com)
- The origin story of the Manhattan. (thedailybeast.com)
- What does it mean to be a 'craft' beer these days? (marketwatch.com)
- This startup is trying to bring wine directly to consumers. (qz.com)
- Why would an empty bottle of wine ever sell for $300? (bloomberg.com)
Sports
- There is now an alternative to Tommy John surgery. (stltoday.com)
- NFL coaches yell at referees because it works. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Entertainment
- How Jersey Boys went from La Jolla to Broadway and made its early investors rich along the way. (nytimes.com)
- "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" is moving to Netflix ($NFLX). (variety.com)
Life
- More couples are bypassing the high cost and hassle of a big wedding. (washingtonpost.com)
- Sending your kid to school a little bit sick doesn't make you a monster. (slate.com)
College
- What colleges have the most inequality and mobility. (nytimes.com)
- Drops in state funding of higher education has led to increases in foreign student enrollment. (papers.ssrn.com)
- How out of state tuition differentials affect overall welfare. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Business schools are in a race to garner additional accreditations. (ft.com)
- Why on-campus dining is becoming so expensive. (time.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: a more respectful interpretation. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: misapplied maintenance. (abnormalreturns.com)
- I am on the latest edition of the Futures Radio Show with Anthony Crudele. (futuresradioshow.com)
- Our January book-related link roundup is decidedly finance-light. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Closing the gender gap in asset management one company at a time. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Three quotes on the value of "strong opinions, weakly held." (abnormalreturns.com)
- How the quality anomaly show up in the real world. (abnormalreturns.com)