Book Q&A: Why you should meditate. A discussion with Daniel Goleman co-author of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Body and Brain. (WSJ)
Autos
- Why trucking is such an attractive market opportunity. (fortune.com)
- The competition in the full-size pickup market is only going to get more intense. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- "Our oceans are swimming in plastic." (ft.com)
- Just 20% of e-waste is recycled. (arstechnica.com)
- Climate change is making wind power less predictable. (washingtonpost.com)
- The Department of Defense recognizes the problem of climate change. (qz.com)
- Coal is dying due to economics, not regulation. (stlouisfed.org)
- Barrow, Alaska is experiencing rapid warming. (washingtonpost.com)
Travel
- Pittsburgh's airport is a destination in and of itself. (nytimes.com)
- Baggage fees are only going to get more opaque with this administration. (washingtonpost.com)
- Airports are losing parking revenue as ride-hailing services gain ground. (nytimes.com)
Books
- The best science books of 2017. (brainpickings.org)
- "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" by Chip and Dan Heath is just $1.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- "Presuasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade" by Robert Cialdini is just $3.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Technology
- Chamath Palihapitiya on how Facebook ($FB) is a dopamine machine. (washingtonpost.com)
- 2017 was the year we realized that the tech giants have responsibilities, whether they like it or not. (nytimes.com)
- How Instagram hooks you. (medium.com)
Health
- Secure your prescription meds. (thelily.com)
- Taking antibiotics? You should probably take some probiotics as well. (amazon.com)
- How loneliness affects your health. (nytimes.com)
- Exercise can make the fat you have healthier. (nytimes.com)
Influenza
- Why you need a flu shot every year. (nytimes.com)
- Why the flu shot is not a sure bet against getting influenza. (wsj.com)
- Why men seem to have weaker immune systems. (slate.com)
Psychology
- Why intelligent people suffer more emotional disorders. (bigthink.com)
- 7 lessons learned about dealing with depression. (blog.techinclusion.co)
- Can technology use your online data to predict self-harm? (scientificamerican.com)
- How parents can help anxious children. (wsj.com)
- CBT is 'scientific Stoicism.' (bakadesuyo.com)
Cannabis
- Teens are smoking less weed in state with marijuana legalization. (news.vice.com)
- Not everyone wants a weed store next door. (bloomberg.com)
Food
- Eataly, the Disneyland of pasta, is going public. (fortune.com)
- How a ketogenic diet can offset metabolic syndrome. (bigthink.com)
- The lengths to which restaurants will go to unmask restaurant critics. (washingtonian.com)
Drink
- Five wine books to buy. (nytimes.com)
- There are now more than 6000 craft breweries in the US. (pastemagazine.com)
Best of movies
- The best movies of 2017. (nytimes.com)
- The best movies of 2017. (slate.com)
- The best movies of 2017. (newyorker.com)
- The ten best films of 2017. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- The ten best films of 2017. (variety.com)
- The best films of 2017. (wsj.com)
Gadgets
- The ten best gadgets of 2017. (pastemagazine.com)
- Get the Sansaire Sous Vide Immersion Circulator at Amazon.com. (amazon.com)
- The best tablets (and 2-in-1s) of 2017 including the iPad Pro. (pastemagazine.com)
- Amazon's line of tablets are on sale including the new Fire HD 10 which is just $119.99 ($30 off). (amazon.com)
Sports
- Fly fishing is making a push to get more women involved. (nytimes.com)
- Shohei Ohtani might be the most underpaid man in the world. (theatlantic.com)
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College
- College is a time to make mistakes. (nytimes.com)
- College is more than just signaling. (bloomberg.com)
- Nearly 60 university presidents make $1 million a year. (bloomberg.com)
- INSEAD is the best MBA program outside the US. (bloomberg.com)
- Trump is helping interest in law school. (wsj.com)
Kids
- Can you robo-proof your child's future? (nytimes.com)
- More evidence that pre-school pays off. (npr.org)
- Why you shouldn't ask your kids "How was school?" (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: general prosperity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: old school ads. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What’s your personal plan for giving this holiday season? (abnormalreturns.com)
- Diversification, as a concept, has been understood for millennia yet still matters today. (abnormalreturns.com)
