Quote of the Day
"If you call out your opponents as fools, knaves, or even transmissible diseases, you enthuse your own supporters. But you will win few new converts when every issue becomes a matter of tribal loyalty."
(Tim Harford)
Autos
- Tesla ($TSLA) has a problem. It can't compete in most market segments. (businessinsider.com)
- Volkswagen is the latest automaker to push hard into electric vehicles. (bloomberg.com)
- Waymo is pushing to catch up in autonomous trucks. (slate.com)
Transport
- What domestic airlines Consumer Reports think are the best. (consumerreports.org)
- Electric motors are coming to a ferry near you, that is if you live in Norway. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Krill fishing near Antarctica is messing with the ecosystem. (theguardian.com)
- Planting more trees aren't going to hold back climate change. (scientificamerican.com)
- What your backyard does to sequester carbon. (nytimes.com)
- Why we're not building clean energy fast enough. (technologyreview.com)
Technology
- Apple is betting on the Watch to win the health-platform wars. (qz.com)
- The myth of the solo gamer is dead. (washingtonpost.com)
- Tim Berners-Lee is worried about the future of the web. (theguardian.com)
Health
- Get moving before you reach old age, your heart will appreciate it. (npr.org)
- 95 things that make mice live longer. (ldeming.com)
- Today's twentysomethings really are pursuing healthier habits than their predecessors. (wsj.com)
- How exercise keeps our immune system stronger. (nytimes.com)
- Theranos was not the end of the idea of decentralized diagnostics. (wired.com)
Depression
- Exercise is a potent treatment for depression. Why don't doctors prescribe it more. (slate.com)
- Research shows, antidepressants work but the effects are modest. (nytimes.com)
- How your smartphone could be used to help treat depression. (medium.com)
The brain
- Can brain scans be used to identify and diagnose mental illness? (qz.com)
- There is no thing as normal when it comes to the brain. (qz.com)
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Drink
- There is a gray market for beers brewed by these Belgian Trappist monks. (wsj.com)
- Why the liquor industry is in favor of self-driving cars. (washingtonpost.com)
Sports
- Baseball changed dramatically last year: on the end of the starting pitcher. (theringer.com)
- How to fix basketball: cut down on the number of free throws. (slate.com)
Kids
- Lighten up: it's okay to miss your child's performance. (wsj.com)
- Kids will wear you down: the role of decision fatigue. (lastwordonnothing.com)
College
- The downside of laptop bans: having the read your own class notes. (wsj.com)
- Location data can help predict when kids are going to drop out of college. (qz.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: longevity research. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: manager-moneyball. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Pursuing understanding in a messy, polarized investing world. (abnormalreturns.com)
