Excerpt: When a young Jimmy Fallon had to follow Jerry Seinfeld on stage from Tripp Whetsell’s The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up. (The Daily Beast)
Quote of the Day
"The virtues of humility and decency are timeless."
(Russ Roberts)
Autos
- What automakers can learn from airline automation. (bloomberg.com)
- BMW is pushing to electrify its entire lineup of cars. (bloomberg.com)
- Ferrari ($RACE) is finally seeing some success on the F1 track. (wsj.com)
- China wants electric car IP. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- Solar energy keeps getting cheaper, faster than anyone expected. (arstechnica.com)
- Larger turbines are dramatically bring down the cost of offshore wind power. (ft.com)
- New wind farms are affecting flight paths. (npr.org)
- Sand makes the fracking boom go. (wsj.com)
Flying
- How bankruptcy court ruined the attraction of airline jobs. (slate.com)
- In defense of no fuss, small-to-mid-sized regional airports. (slate.com)
- Stuck in the airport? How about a 'sleep pod'? (bloomberg.com)
- Are cramped planes a danger for passengers exiting in an emergency? (thedailybeast.com)
- A supersonic plane is closer to reality. (bloomberg.com)
- WTF is a 'gate service fee'? (wsj.com)
Environment
- The permafrost is melting. Good luck with that. (vox.com)
- The state of Utah is running out of water. (wsj.com)
- Why the American West is burning. (outsideonline.com)
- Asphalt absorbs a lot of heat. (bigthink.com)
Offers
- Spend $25 at Amazon.com and get a free bottle of vitamin/supplements with code PRIMEVITAMIN. (amazon.com)
- Prime members can stiil get $15 off an Amazon Fire 7 tablet. (amazon.com)
- Prime members can still get $25 off an Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet. (amazon.com)
- Still not a Prime member? Sign up today for a free 30-day trial. (amazon.com)
Health
- How the brain plays a huge role in how we perceive back pain. (aeon.co)
- What makes people like (or dislike) their doctors. (priceonomics.com)
Dogs
- Don't take your dog on a hike in the backcountry. (bloomberg.com)
- These common breeds started as farm dogs. (modernfarmer.com)
- Stop pretending your dog is a service animal. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- The only safe e-mail is a text-only e-mail. (scientificamerican.com)
- Digital antennas are the new free toasters. (techcrunch.com)
- Cord-cutting is accelerating. (variety.com)
Wi-fi
- The demand for fast home wi-fi is only increasing. (wsj.com)
- Check out mesh wi-fi systems on Amazon including the eero. (amazon.com)
Headphones
- Apple ($AAPL) introduced noise-cancelling Beats Studio 3 Wireless. (businessinsider.com)
- The new Beats Studio 3's have better noise-cancelling abilities. (theverge.com)
- Get the new Beats Studio 3's at Amazon.com (amazon.com)
Food
- Americans are price-sensitive when it comes to avocados. (bloomberg.com)
- Pea protein is the future of milk-substitutes. (bloomberg.com)
- Organic eggs may not mean what you think. (bloomberg.com)
Fluids
- Nestle is buying Blue Bottle Coffee. (ft.com)
- Everybody loves LaCroix but nobody really knows what is in it. (wsj.com)
- The sports drink war is full-on. (bloomberg.com)
Drink
Sports
- When the dam breaks on sports TV revenues so will the price of franchises. (bloomberg.com)
- Why rich guys love to own sports teams: tax breaks. (bloomberg.com)
- Why are so may college football programs paying multiple head coaches simultaneously? (nytimes.com)
- Why are foreigners buying up second-tier Belgian soccer teams? (nytimes.com)
- The analytics revolution has hit the football/soccer world. (independent.co.uk)
- On the joy of a non-revenue maximizing baseball game. (bloomberg.com)
College
- What do you do when your kid wants to go to college and you don't want them to? (jamesaltucher.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) hires the most MBAs from elite schools. (qz.com)
- Why Harvard should admit more legacy students. (bloomberg.com)
- Why did MIT close down Senior House? (wired.com)
- Some steps to take as a new empty-nester. (wsj.com)
Education
- A contrarian take on the STEM gender gap. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How a superstition changes real economic outcomes: the case of 'dragon' children. (papers.ssrn.com)
- In praise of paper. (npr.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: not simple and straightforward. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: addictive technologies. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Ten depressing thoughts on data breaches. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our monthly book link round-up from September 2017. (abnormalreturns.com)
- In private equity, illiquidity is a feature not a bug. (abnormalreturns.com)
