Recommendation: The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future by Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever. (FT)
Quote of the Day
"Carmakers around the world are intent on beating Tesla to both electric and autonomous cars. That is what he has said he [Elon Musk] wanted — to create an electric car industry. Now, he will have to show he can beat back the competition."
(Christopher Matthews)
Autos
- Volvo is going all electric (and hybrid) by 2019. (wsj.com)
- There is a bit of an electric car backlash at the state level. (cnbc.com)
- The strong case for the $40,000 EV Chevy Bolt. (barrons.com)
- EV are expected to last a lot longer than traditional vehicles. (shift.newco.co)
- What would an Apple ($AAPL) car look like? (hbr.org)
Energy
- The hope for algae-based biofuels is still alive. (businessinsider.com)
- One downside of wind power: high heat makes turbines less efficient. (bloomberg.com)
- What the world needs now is a cheap, efficient battery. (motherboard.vice.com)
Environment
- Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana is slipping into the sea. (bloomberg.com)
- How much will rising temperatures reduce economic growth? (science.sciencemag.org)
- Revised satellite data show more rapidly rising temperatures. (washingtonpost.com)
- The Romans knew what they were doing when they poured concrete. (washingtonpost.com)
Travel
Science
Offers
- You can currently get 20% off of Amazon Home Services leading up to Prime Day. (amazon.com)
- Buy three Echo Dots and get $20 off with the promo code 'DOT3PACK.' (amazon.com)
- Amazon Prime Day is coming July 11th. Make sure you are a Prime member to take advantage of all the deals. (amazon.com)
- Order something, like the WeMo Mini Smart Plug, using Alexa and get $10 off. (amazon.com)
- Never streamed an Amazon Prime video? Earn $10 just by watching one like 'Catastrophe.' (amazon.com)
Technology
- Mobile carriers are a weak link in the security chain. (carpeaqua.com)
- Buildings and homes are increasingly getting built in a factory and 'snapped together.' (wsj.com)
- 'Baby Driver' shows the magic (and danger) of earbuds. (theatlantic.com)
Health
- Opioid prescriptions dropped for the first time in a long time. (washingtonpost.com)
- Shortages of pretty basic medicines are complicating treatments. (wsj.com)
- Some Fitbit ($FIT) data on how much sleep we actually get. (blog.fitbit.com)
- Personalized cancer vaccines could be very effective in combating melanoma. (statnews.com)
- Just like in those sci-fi movies, we won't have to have sex to procreate. (qz.com)
- Why showering at night makes more sense. (wsj.com)
The brain
- How a pair of socks can change your perspective. (medium.com)
- On the 'therapy animal' scam. (washingtonpost.com)
- On the benefits of being a 'night owl.' (medium.com)
Psychology
- Sharing your struggles can help inspire others. (m.signalvnoise.com)
- Sometimes anxiety and depression are masking other physical conditions. (bigthink.com)
- The spillover effects of self-control. (qz.com)
- Looking at introversion on a four-part scale. (bigthink.com)
Food
- America's tastes are changing. Old brands are getting left by the wayside. (wsj.com)
- Nine hot food trends including the rise of chickpeas. (washingtonpost.com)
- Priobiotics are freakin' everywhere these days. (wsj.com)
- Canada has become a hothouse tomato powerhouse. (business.financialpost.com)
- Americans don't know how to order steak. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Wal-Mart ($WMT) continues to upgrade its food offerings. (bloomberg.com)
- What makes milk ‘USDA Organic’? (washingtonpost.com)
- Is there a restaurant bubble? (washingtonpost.com)
Hot dogs
- Is ketchup on your hot dog acceptable? (wired.com)
- WTF is in your hot dog? (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Drink
- Ten lower alcohol beers you can drink all day. (bloomberg.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) is now developing its own line of wines. (recode.net)
- The top ten US beers as voted by beer enthusiasts. (businessinsider.com)
Relationships
- In today's dating scene: who pays on a first date? (wsj.com)
- Affairs are going out of style. (bloomberg.com)
Sports
- Adrian Wojnarowski will make ESPN an even bigger hype machine. (slate.com)
- Why pitchers can't throw 100% all the time. (wsj.com)
- On the parallels between day traders and sports bettors. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Membership
Music
- Southern rock now crosses a bunch of barriers. (wsj.com)
- The 50 greatest U2 songs ranked. (rollingstone.com)
- How music moves us emotionally. (qz.com)
Video
- Stop watching your shows in bed. (marketwatch.com)
- The best TV shows of 2017 (so far), ranked. (businessinsider.com)
- Do we need title sequences any more in the age of streaming TV? (theverge.com)
Kids
- How to raise 'brilliant kids' in the information age. (npr.org)
- Why focusing on the future is counterproductive for kids. (qz.com)
- Teaching kids 'why' is more valuable than teaching them 'what.' (qz.com)
College
- Want to be an entrepreneur? Get a Stanford MBA. (ft.com)
- Nine important lessons learned at B-school. (businessinsider.com)
- Good luck getting rural youth to move back after they have gone to college. (wsj.com)
Headphones
- The Shure SE535s are among the best headphones you can spend money on. (theverge.com)
- Buy the Shure SE535s at Amazon. (amazon.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: suppressing your ego. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Abnormal Returns was listed among the 125 most important finance people you have to follow on Twitter at Business Insider. (businessinsider.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: mainstreaming meditation. (abnormalreturns.com)
- People have emotions, markets don't. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in June 2017. (abnormalreturns.com)
