Review: Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff by Edward J. Balleisen is “timely.” (Reading the Markets)
Quote of the Day
"Frustration is a state in which we become so focused on what is missing in life that we cannot appreciate what we have."
(Brett Steenbarger)
Autos
- Automakers not only need to prove driverless cars are safer they also need to make passengers feel safer. (theringer.com)
- Forget vintage Ferraris. Everbody wants a vintage Camaro or El Camino these days. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Large-scale offshore wind projects are coming to the Atlantic coast. (nytimes.com)
- What a 1815 volcanic eruption can teach us about climate change. (qz.com)
- Building a high-rise in New York City? Better make it flood resistant. (nytimes.com)
Offers
- Robert Cialdini's first (classic) book "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- Ed Thorp's long awaited memoir, "A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market" is now out. (amazon.com)
- "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life" by Mark Manson seems like an appropriate read for 2017. (amazon.com)
Travel
- Southwest ($LUV) is the launch customer for Boeing's ($BA) new 737 Max plane. (bloomberg.com)
- How to organize your first day in a new city. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Google Maps now includes parking data on some cities. (theverge.com)
Technology
- Users are not finding many Alexa apps indispensable. (recode.net)
- Instagram is moving fast and not being "precious" with what got it here. (recode.net)
- Why does Google ($GOOGL) have five separate messaging apps? (wsj.com)
- DuckDuckGo continues to make progress in the search game. (theverge.com)
- How technology can help close the gender gap. (hbr.org)
- Signal is the go-to app for political types wanting to encrypt their communications. (wsj.com)
- Is the age of standalone anti-virus software dead? (arstechnica.com)
Wi-fi
- The end of bad wi-fi is near. (bloomberg.com)
- Check out all the mesh wifi offerings at Amazon including Orbi, Google and eero. (amazon.com)
Science
Psychology
- How compulsions help us deal with our anxiety. (wsj.com)
- 11 personality traits of well-being. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Get up and move around. (nytimes.com)
Health
- Why you shouldn't be guilty if you are a late sleeper. (outsideonline.com)
- Norovirus is ripping through a bunch of US schools. (wsj.com)
- Robo-dermatologists are coming to diagnose skin cancer. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Burnt toast isn't going to kill you. (fullfact.org)
- Flawed herpes tests lead to false positives and needless suffering. (scientificamerican.com)
Food
- The all-day breakfast boom at McDonald's ($MCD) is over. (buzzfeed.com)
- There's a lot more to coffee than meets the eye. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Drink
- A look at some of the coolest beer cans out there for sale. (thedailybeast.com)
- A tariff on Mexican imports will make your margarita more expensive. (washingtonpost.com)
Fitness
Sports
- Robert Kraft has done alright in the 20+ year he has owned the New England Patriots. (businessinsider.com)
- What its like to be Michael McAdoo, the last guy on the Golden State Warriors bench. (nytimes.com)
- Are NBA jerseys really 'sacred ground' unspoiled by ads? (uni-watch.com)
- Poker AI just keeps on getting better. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- The Big Ten is now getting into e-sports. (nytimes.com)
- Marathon cheaters are just the worst. (nbcnews.com)
Entertainment
- Why screenwriters want to end up on the 'Black List.' (theatlantic.com)
- Why do we laud pretty actors/actresses for playing ugly? (theringer.com)
- Complexity is not creative genius. (qz.com)
- How Ed Sheeran scored a #1 hit. (slate.com)
College
- Engineers are expensive to educate. (qz.com)
- Why kids hide the fact they are taking SAT prep courses. (papers.ssrn.com)
Kids
- The lengths to which parents will go to find a home in a premium school district. (wsj.com)
- What should the future of civics education look like? (qz.com)
- This app shows you how to do your math homework. (theverge.com)
- Are young kids doing too much homework? (slate.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: speed reading skeptics. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Financial forecasts and our limited cognitive resources. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: happiness unearthed. (abnormalreturns.com)
- 7 amazing blogs financial professionals need to follow. (linkedin.com)
- The 101 top economics and finance blogs for 2017. (focus-economics.com)
- In search of an edge: the life and times of Ed Thorp. (abnormalreturns.com)
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