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Quote of the Day
"None of us is normal. A degree of loneliness is the norm. No one can fully understand anyone else. So walk through life, Alain said, with a kind of “cheerful despair.”
(Ben Casnocha)
Autos
- Autonomous vehicles are going to exist on a spectrum. (ben-evans.com)
- Remote driving may very well be a part of the autonomous driving menu. (bloomberg.com)
- Waymo's timeline for autonomous vehicles is shorter than people think. (theatlantic.com)
- An EV car buying guide. (autoblog.com)
Environment
- Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2017. (nytimes.com)
- Mass transit traffic is falling in most American cities. (washingtonpost.com)
- Seawater Greenhouse uses seawater and solar energy to grow fresh produce in the desert. (wired.co.uk)
- Where do you stand on the wizard/prophet continuum. (kottke.org)
Energy
- Saudi Arabia wants to build the world's largest solar energy project. (washingtonpost.com)
- How the 'solar duck curve' puts pressure on utilities. (vox.com)
- Why can't wind-turbine makers make money? (bloomberg.com)
- We really don't understand how oil prodution affects geology: the case of sink holes in Texas. (forbes.com)
Travel
- Airlines can now make ultra-long haul flights, but what about the passengers? (wsj.com)
- Flying is not good for the environment. (qz.com)
Science
- Most of the Amazon is still unexplored archaeologically. (newscientist.com)
- Is the interstitium really a new human organ? (scientificamerican.com)
Social media
- Why our social media timelines should be temporary, by default. (nytimes.com)
- How to keep Facebook ($FB) from oversharing your info. (wsj.com)
- How to delete your social media timelines. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- The shift to super-fast 5G wireless is going to take awhile. (wsj.com)
- Why you shouldn't buy the first generation of Apple ($AAPL) products. (qz.com)
- Are screens ruining our eyes? (wired.com)
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Health
- Americans continue to get fatter. (nytimes.com)
- The opioid epidemic is a function of a whole host of factors. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Why aren't more stroke patients given TPA? (nytimes.com)
- Boys need the HPV vaccine as much as women but rarely get it. (qz.com)
- Move. The more you move the better, even if its in short bouts. (nytimes.com)
Diet
- How diet could affect depression. (theatlantic.com)
- Should you give up on fish oil? (nytimes.com)
- Are you getting enough of the right kinds of iron in your diet? (npr.org)
Psychology
- Are the benefits of mindfulness being oversold? (nautil.us)
- How negative thinkers can become a little more positive. (nytimes.com)
- It's OK to choose solitude, just so long as you are not forced into it. (bbc.com)
- Why do people feel lonely? (qz.com)
Food
- Consumers are turning away from beef produced with antibiotics. (nytimes.com)
- How Airbnb is hurting neighborhood restaurants in tourist destinations like New Orleans. (eater.com)
- Some sushi chefs say aged fish makes for better sushi. (wsj.com)
- Maine is not the only place where lobster is booming. (bloomberg.com)
Cannabis
Dogs
- Do therapy dogs truly help veterans with PTSD? (washingtonpost.com)
- It is possible to match humans and dogs a la Tinder? (theatlantic.com)
- Why dogs love when you use 'dog talk.' (blogs.discovermagazine.com)
- In familiar places dogs like the company of strangers. (news.nationalgeographic.com)
- Where the world's dog breeds come from. (bigthink.com)
Entertainment
- There is more music being created now than ever before. (wsj.com)
- The pros and cons of using MoviePass. (wsj.com)
College
- Want to get into an elite college? Apply for early admission. (wsj.com)
- Public universities are increasingly less public as states reduce their funding. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: political prediction markets. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: ambiverts in the workplace. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Having the confidence to live the life you want isn't easy. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
