Excerpt: The Net and the Butterfly: The Art and Practice of Breakthrough Thinking by Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack. (Fast Company)
Autos
- Why the Ford ($F) F-Series 350 can do it all and for some is quite affordable. (wsj.com)
- Formula E cars are going to look wicked cool next season. (theverge.com)
- Technology is going to keep making cars safer. (bloomberg.com)
Travel
Environment
- Copenhagen has a unique opportunity to re-build its city with carbon neutrality in mind. (nytimes.com)
- How "radiative cooling" could help keep costs down. (economist.com)
- Mexico City is sinking. (nytimes.com)
Headphones
- Why the BeatsX wireless headphones are better for many than AirPods. (wsj.com)
- Get the BeatsX wireless headphones at Amazon. (amazon.com)
Technology
- Android users don't update their phones OS very often. (loopinsight.com)
- Why can't someone create a modern TV interface? (theverge.com)
- Instagram is hardly recognizable these days. (theringer.com)
Health
- How to get the benefits of fasting without actually fasting. (wsj.com)
- Testosterone supplementation doesn't seem to do much for older men's health. (npr.org)
- The story of phlegm. (npr.org)
The brain
- Our brains are made up of "a collection of distinct modules (grouped, highly connected neurons) performing specific functions rather than a unified system." (farnamstreetblog.com)
- Brain imaging identifies different types of depression. (scientificamerican.com)
- Subtle changes in speech could be a precursor of dementia. (theguardian.com)
Psychlogy
- Emotional 'snap judgements' are often wrong. (scientificamerican.com)
- Contrary to popular belief our personalities change over time. (qz.com)
- Six reasons why we self-sabotage. (scientificamerican.com)
- What its like to be a shrink for billionaires. (nytimes.com)
Mesh wi-fi
- Category leader, eero, is lowering the price for its whole house router package by $100. (fastcompany.com)
- You can get a 3-pack of eero routers at Amazon. (amazon.com)
Food
- Will we ever come up with a perfect sugar substitute? (fortune.com)
- Bayou Teche Brewing is making beer for the Cajun dining crowd. (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- Why does strenuous exercise dampen the libido in men? (nytimes.com)
- Want to make your brain work better? Lift weights. (bigthink.com)
- Why exercise is good for the heart. (nytimes.com)
- The modern spin class is a thing onto itself. (wsj.com)
- Whoop is the fitness tracker for the athletic elite. (mensfitness.com)
Sports
- Why sports leagues are obsessed with speeding up their games. (wsj.com)
- Modern golf is tough on players' bodies. (wsj.com)
- The arrow on Nascar is down. (wsj.com)
Entertainment
- Playwrights are making their market on television. (slate.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is ponying up big bucks to release the new Martin Scorcese-Robert DeNiro movie. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: hacks and artists. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: good luck keeping up. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A Q&A with Wes Gray, co-author of "Quantitative Momentum: A Practitioner's Guide to Building a Momentum-Based Stock Selection System." (abnormalreturns.com)
- Dopamine, confirmation bias and hiding the technology in the back. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 2017 Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook is here! (abnormalreturns.com)
