Review: Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies by Ann Hulbert is “meticulous.” (NYTimes)
Quote of the Day
"Education’s like John Gotti. Guilty as sin, but everyone’s petrified to testify against it.”
(Bryan Caplan)
Auto
- Ford ($F) is quantifying its big push into hybrids and EVs. (reuters.com)
- The death of the sedan is not exaggerated. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Fast fashion has disrupted the used clothing recycling machine. (bloomberg.com)
- Scientists continue to revise their base case for rising global temperatures higher. (scientificamerican.com)
Energy
- There are three major barriers to continued solar energy adoption in the US. (wsj.com)
- "By 2020, all forms of renewable electricity will be consistently cheaper than power produced by burning fossil fuels." (qz.com)
- A look at some advances in wind turbine technologies. (ft.com)
Travel
- Iceland is investing to boost flight capacity at Keflavik airport. (bloomberg.com)
- Delta Air ($DAL) is cracking down on so-called support animals, like ducks and ferrets. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- Should Apple ($AAPL) actively make its phones 'less addictive.' (nytimes.com)
- "Community-owned broadband networks provide consumers with significantly lower rates than their private-sector counterparts." (motherboard.vice.com)
- There is a renaissance in computer chip startups all driven by AI. (nytimes.com)
- A drone has been used to save two swimmers in Australia. (nytimes.com)
Influenza
- Get a flu shot, if not for yourself, but for everyone else. (nytimes.com)
- The flu is now widespread across the US. (bloomberg.com)
Health
- A non-invasive 'colonoscopy' is coming closer to reality. (bloomberg.com)
- A 'universal' blood test for cancers would be super exciting. (bbc.com)
- Hot yoga doesn't seem to have any benefits over and above regular yoga. (newscientist.com)
- Physician suicides are widely underreported. (washingtonpost.com)
- Where does fat go when you lose weight? (bigthink.com)
Psychology
- Why willpower is overrated. (vox.com)
- How to overcome complexity bias. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- In support of the 'wisdom of crowds.' (bloomberg.com)
Food
- No matter how you slice it soda is losing market share to other drinks. (theatlantic.com)
- How grocery stores mess with your head. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why flour tortillas get a bad rap. (newyorker.com)
Drink
- The top three selling beer brands in 2017 were light beers. (washingtonpost.com)
- Craft brewers stand in contrast to growing consolidation in other American industries. (theatlantic.com)
Cannabis
- Researchers are trying to build a roadside test for high drivers. (scientificamerican.com)
- Legal marijuana would make for a safer border between the US and Mexico. (qz.com)
Sports
- Why are MLB spending so reluctantly on free agents this off-season? (sports.yahoo.com)
- The Vegas Golden Knights are already the best expansion team ever. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Entertainment
- Netflix ($NFLX) has edged HBO aside as the go-to home for creatives. (wsj.com)
- How we use Netflix ($NFLX), Hulu and Amazon ($AMZN) Prime Video in different ways. (qz.com)
- Users drop in and drop out from streaming services just to catch their favorite shows. (wsj.com)
Music
- Asset manager, Primary Wave just bought the rights to the Bob Marley catalog. (nytimes.com)
- Bar closing songs, ranked. (melmagazine.com)
MBA stuff
- Banks are having to re-work their pitches to MBAs to compete against Big Tech. (ft.com)
- What skills MBAs need in the Smart Machine Age. (ft.com)
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Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: open protcols. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: time efficiency. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Dopamine hits and the power of defaults. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our book link round-up from January 2018 including endorsements of Ray Dalio's "Principles: Life and Work." (abnormalreturns.com)
