Q&A: Scott Simon author of My Cubs: A Love Story talks about what its like to live in a world free of Cubs-angst. (Slate)
Quote of the Day
"There is no going back, only forward. We don’t get to pick and choose when technological progress stops or where."
(Garry Kasparov)
Chart of the Day
The more we know about a field the more often we can feel inadequate.
Autos
- A horrifying number of people use their phones while driving. (wired.com)
- The new Police Responder Hybrid Sedan is more than just fuel efficient. (arstechnica.com)
- The Chevy Bolt is dropping built-in navigation. (wsj.com)
- The difference between the Tesla Model 3 and the Chevy Bolt. (businessinsider.com)
- Americans want SUVs. (nytimes.com)
Climate
- How melting Arctic ice is changing everything. (bloomberg.com)
- The US is bathed in warm weather. (washingtonpost.com)
- Mosquitoes are only going to be a bigger problem. (nytimes.com)
- Now climate change is re-routing rivers. (washingtonpost.com)
- Just because you live in-land does not mean you will be affected by rising sea levels. (arstechnica.com)
Energy
- Britain just had its first coal-free day in forever. (bloomberg.com)
- Europe is embracing offshore wind projects, sans subsidies. (nytimes.com)
Memberships
Technology
- DJI increasingly rules the drone market. (recode.net)
- Why are there no new social networks? (theringer.com)
- Online retailers have your number. (theatlantic.com)
- Best practices for passwords. (venturebeat.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) is planning to add an ad blocker to Chrome. (wsj.com)
Health
- Blood from human babies makes brains of elderly mice young again. (npr.org)
- Get healthy, ride your bike to work. (theconversation.com)
- How dreams (and nightmares) help protect our essential selves. (farnamstreetblog.com)
Voice-controlled speakers
- Amazon's Echo beat our Google's Home in a bake-off. (thewirecutter.com)
- Get the Amazon Echo here: (amazon.com)
Psychology
- There is a difference between fear and 'fear of fear.' (qz.com)
- What is the purpose of happiness? (qz.com)
- Are there gender differences to mindfulness? (telegraph.co.uk)
Fitness
- A well-designed nine minute strength workout. (nytimes.com)
- The secret to running a marathon. (wired.com)
- How running a marathon puts your body through hell. (gizmodo.com)
- Fitness advice from Walt Whitman. (bloomberg.com)
More speakers
- Bose has finally built a wireless outdoor speaker: the Revolve. (engadget.com)
- Spring is here! Grab the Bose Revolve and Revolve Plus at Amazon.com. (amazon.com)
Food
- Peter Ungar, "From the standpoint of paleoecology, the Paleolithic diet is a myth." (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Frozen vegetables are sometimes more nutritious than fresh. (modernfarmer.com)
- Sorghum syrup is the new maple. (wsj.com)
- The best steaks in Chicago. (bloomberg.com)
- This Anthony Bourdain documentary about chef Jeremiah Tower looks fascinating. (esquire.com)
Beverages
- Older generations like their coffee cheap, black and bottomless. (buzzfeed.com)
- What city is the craft brewing capital of the US? (pudding.cool)
Baseball
- We should replace the save with the 'goose egg.' (fivethirtyeight.com)
- In praise of ugly baseball uniforms. (nytimes.com)
- Baseball is getting its own social media app. (money.cnn.com)
- Leadoff hitters are not longer speed demons. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Netflix
- Netflix ($NFLX) users have watched 500 million hours of Adam Sandler movies. (buzzfeed.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) has no plans to get into the live sports business. (businessinsider.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) should be careful trying to compete with YouTube. (variety.com)
- Netflix's ($NFLX) competition is sleep itself. (theguardian.com)
Reading
- How to read a book a week. (gq.com)
- Reading widely help you "arm yourself" against unexpected problems. (farnamstreetblog.com)
Kindle Offers
- Gary Vaynerchuk's "The Thank You Economy" is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- "Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness" by Chade-Meng Tan is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- "Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar is still just $.199 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's classic "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" is also just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
College
- Are PhD students more at-risk to psychiatric disorders? (bigthink.com)
- Forget free college, what we need is more apprenticeships. (medium.com)
- Nine, legit degrees you can get solely online. (medium.freecodecamp.com)
- Work or get a summer job? The pros and cons. (finance.yahoo.com)
Kids
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: no single metric. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: why time flies. (abnormalreturns.com)
