Excerpt: On the empathy gap’ from Sherry Turkle’s Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. (Behavioral Scientist)
Quote of the Day
"Opiates gain deserved attention, but loneliness is the real plague of modern life, when you no longer have to leave home to live, many people don’t."
(Robert Lefsetz)
Autos
- Almost 80 percent of battery-powered vehicles in the U.S. are leased, not owned. (bloomberg.com)
- The Chevy Bolt is easily outselling the Tesla Model 3. (businessinsider.com)
- How better (private) data could help cities reduce crashes. (fastcompany.com)
- Three scenarios for self-driving cars. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- How to think about the Arctic Ocean as it unfreezes. (bloomberg.com)
- Global illumination has (steadily) increased worldwide. (scientificamerican.com)
Energy
- The US solar power industry needs more innovation not cheaper solar panels. (ft.com)
- Solar power is getting cheaper but not that much better. (bloomberg.com)
- Electricity rates in Germany briefly went negative, i.e. you got paid to use energy. (businessinsider.com)
Travel
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Science
Technology
- In many ways the big tech companies have better data on human behavior than academics. (behavioralscientist.org)
- Smartphones are in many ways fear-generating machines. (behavioralscientist.org)
Architecture
- Elevators made the modern city possible and are still evolving. (economist.com)
- A sign of the times. The San Francisco skyline has been transformed by the SalesForce ($CRM) Tower. (nytimes.com)
Health
- Why the US pays so much more for healthcare. (nytimes.com)
- Why our cancer screening methodologies are messed up. (statnews.com)
- What Fitbit sleep data tells about our sleep hygiene. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Some (technological) hope for tinnitus sufferers. (engadget.com)
- The evidence is pretty strong in favor of meditation. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Psychology
Fitness
- Indoor cycling no longer sucks. (slate.com)
- Why everyone should lift weights. (jamesclear.com)
- People want a gym nearby but rarely go. (wsj.com)
- Since when is breathing a workout? (nytimes.com)
Diet
- We know fiber is good for us. The question is why? (nytimes.com)
- Why your diet should focus on time, not calories. (wsj.com)
Food
- J. Kenji López-Alt, author of "The Food Lab," is opening a restaurant. (grubstreet.com)
- Tracking fish through the supply chain is tough, maybe the blockchain can help. (fortune.com)
- Americans can't get enough of store-made rotisserie chickens. (wsj.com)
- The $5 footlong sub is a non-starter for many Subway franchisees. (washingtonpost.com)
Beverages
- Why do the Chinese like to drink hot water? (sixthtone.com)
- Dairies are overloaded with organic milk. (wsj.com)
- 'Raw water' is now a thing. (nytimes.com)
The Hard Stuff
- Unfortunately more Americans are binge-drinking. (mobile.nytimes.com)
- AB InBev ($BUD) is trying learn a lot more about its (potential) customers via big data. (washingtonpost.com)
- The new tax law benefits craft brewers and distillers. (washingtonpost.com)
- Three ways to piss off your bartender. (pastemagazine.com)
- How to make a dirty martini. (wsj.com)
Weed
Music
Movies
- The 13 most underrated movies of 2017. (variety.com)
- The top 50 movies of 2017. (pastemagazine.com)
- MoviePass has competitors. (variety.com)
Kids
- Risky teen behavior is down across the board. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why kids aren't partying anymore. (wired.com)
- Why I encouraged my daughter to play tennis. (medium.com)
College
- Higher ed no longer get the benefit of the doubt from the public. (nytimes.com)
- Falling foreign enrollment is putting a pinch on universities. (nytimes.com)
- Top MBA programs are offering big discounts via scholarships and grants. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: defining quality. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: market outcomes. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Fighting filter failure is everyone's responsibility. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Would you recommend a career in investment management to a new college graduate? (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased in December 2017. (abnormalreturns.com)
