Quote of the Day
“Start lifting weights and don’t stop.”
(Josh Brown)
Autos
- Waymo is in the lead for autonomous driving. (qz.com)
- Uber isn’t saying much about its self-driving trucks. (nytimes.com)
- Driving fewer miles does not necessarily translate into lower insurance premiums. (nytimes.com)
- A test drive of the Tesla ($TSLA) Model 3. (beta.techcrunch.com)
Environment
- 'Sunny day flooding' is becoming all the more common. (npr.org)
- Areas around the San Francisco Bay are sinking faster than previously thought. (nytimes.com)
Energy
Travel
Science
- The more physics we learn the more we realize how little we know. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Does the adult brain make new neurons? The jury is still out. (theatlantic.com)
Amazon Kindle
- Why one hardcore reader finally got a Kindle. (theverge.com)
- For a limited time the Kindle Paperwhite e-reader is $20 off at Amazon.com. (amazon.com)
HomePod
- Siri makes using the HomePod a frustrating experience. (512pixels.net)
- The Apple ($AAPL) HomePod is two years too late. (sixcolors.com)
Pain
- Opioids may be no better than Tylenol for chronic pain. (vox.com)
- How animals self-medicate. (daily.jstor.org)
Biases
- Not every shortcut the brain takes is necessarily a 'bias' or an 'error.' (econlib.org)
- 18 cognitive biases, visualized. (visualcapitalist.com)
The brain
- Meditation is going mainstream, in large part, because of the science. (thedailybeast.com)
- Is the Flynn Effect reversing course? (bloomberg.com)
- The growth mindset checks out, just barely. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Not all anxiety is irrational. (digg.com)
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Fitness
- Standing desks are not the solution to a sedentary lifestyle. (bigthink.com)
- Maybe an 'exercise pill' will be. (washingtonpost.com)
Food
- If 'meat' doesn't come from an animal is it still meat? (washingtonpost.com)
- Better gut microbes could make for more environmentally friendly cows. (npr.org)
Drink
- How lifestyle vintners have left their mark on Napa’s landscape. (theatlantic.com)
- The light beer battle is back on. (wsj.com)
Cannabis
- American businesses are getting left behind in the race to create medical marijuana franchises. (bloomberg.com)
- Low-dose cannabis products are catching on with the parental crowd. (theatlantic.com)
Sports
- The state of sports betting in the US on the eve of the big Supreme Court ruling on the New Jersey case. (bloomberg.com)
- How to shoot the perfect free throw. (scientificamerican.com)
- On the return of the bullpen cart. (wsj.com)
Music
- NPR's Tiny Desk is not all that tiny. (noisey.vice.com)
- Which cities get the most (big) concerts? (seatgeek.com)
MBA
- Two-year full-time MBA programs are falling (way) out of favor. (ft.com)
- These are the top MBA programs for women. (ft.com)
Teams
- Three things that great teams do well. (bakadesuyo.com)
- How one bad employee can ruin a team. (hbr.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: unanticipated consequences. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Active managers feeling pinched, lash out at passive managers. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the daily news podcast. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Politics is no longer the third rail for corporate America. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon.com in February 2018. (abnormalreturns.com)
