Notes: Some interesting notes from Phil Knight’s memoir Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike. (A Wealth of Common Sense)
Autos
- Autonomous vehicles know a lot about you. (hackernoon.com)
- How autonomous vehicles will change cities and society. (a16z.com)
- Why German automakers are hanging out in Silicon Valley. (nytimes.com)
- A cool video of a autonomous Cruise car driving through San Francisco (fortune.com)
- Americans are driving less in part because they are sitting at home. (citylab.com)
Energy
- The state of residential solar power. (arstechnica.com)
- Why is California still building new power plants? (latimes.com)
Travel
Technology
- The Internet of Things industry has a gaping security problem. (psmag.com)
- How to set up a password manager. (slate.com)
Offers
- You can get Clayton Christensen's "How Will You Measure Your Life?" for just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- Amazon's most popular Kindle, the Paperwhite, is currently $20 off. (amazon.com)
- The new book by Derek Thompson, "Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction" looks interesting. (amazon.com)
The brain
- How where you live affects your personality. (nymag.com)
- Creativity need not decline with age. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Does depression have an evolutionary purpose? (nautil.us)
Health
- Is the common advice about taking all your antibiotics wrong? (statnews.com)
- 9 signs your body needs a break. (pastemagazine.com)
- Is modafanil the new caffeine? (qz.com)
Sleep
- The purpose of sleep: forgetting. (nytimes.com)
- What resetting your circadian clock can do for you. (qz.com)
Food
- Boulder has become a hub for startup food producers. (nytimes.com)
- The US is shifting away from factory farming. (businessinsider.com)
- Inside the quest for fish-free fish food. (wired.com)
- Why Whole Foods ($WFM) is struggling. (washingtonpost.com)
- Olive oil prices are on the rise. (bloomberg.com)
- Making funky cheese is tricky, even for scientists. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- The most influential craft brewers in America. (firstwefeast.com)
- Sales of American whiskey rose 7.7 percent in 2016. (nypost.com)
Fitness
- High intensity interval training is a more efficient form of exercise. (nytimes.com)
- How to run a two-hour marathon: more effective rest. (wired.com)
- Why our grip strength is in decline. (nautil.us)
Sports
- Shohei Otani is the best pitcher in Japanese baseball. He's also the best hitter. (sportsnet.ca)
- Poker AI could put an end to online gambling. (bloomberg.com)
- MLS franchise values are rapidly increasing. (ibj.com)
- MLB is warming to the idea of legalized gambling. (finance.yahoo.com)
Entertainment
- Has technology ruined horror films? (theguardian.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) is dishing out big incentives to indie filmmakers for streaming rights. (businessinsider.com)
- Why TV writers love to set their shows in Chicago. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: at risk of burnout. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: skewed data. (abnormalreturns.com)
Kids
- Chinese parents are sending their kids to US high schools to help them get into US colleges. (mobile.nytimes.com)
- A secret of urban 20-somethings: parents help with the rent. (nytimes.com)
- Why children now have the upper hand on parents. (papers.ssrn.com)
Dating
- The best and worst online dating sites. (cnbc.com)
- How to hack online dating algorithms. (freakonomics.com)
- Women rate a man they see with an attractive woman as more desirable than an unattached man. (scientificamerican.com)
