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Quote of the Day
"By seeking to optimize across time rather than maximize for the moment, and by focusing on doing without fear rather than living inside one’s head and burdened by doubt, I believe one can lead a happier life, build a better business, and have more fulfilling relationships."
(Roger Ehrenberg)
Autonomous vehicles
- Detroit's automakers were slow to recognize the threat from autonomous vehicles. (wsj.com)
- Uber is at a bit of a crossroads when it comes to autonomous vehicle technology. (nytimes.com)
- Fiat Chrysler hasn't really committed to autonomous technology. Why this approach may pay off in the long run. (bloomberg.com)
- Self-driving cars are not going to service themselves. (qz.com)
Autos
- Cars keep getting safer but traffic fatalities aren't falling. (npr.org)
- Which car brands have the youngest (and oldest) buyers? (carmax.com)
- Millennials don't want to sell cars. (wsj.com)
Energy
- Stacking blocks is a surprisingly efficient way to store energy. (qz.com)
- Instead of stacking blocks, think about running them up a hill. (wired.com)
- The race is on to build ever bigger wind turbines around the world. (wsj.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) is not paying full freight for its electricity usage. (bloomberg.com)
Plastics
- We are just now scratching the surface on the impact of microplastics in our water. (npr.org)
- Contact lens are a surprising source of pollution. (scientificamerican.com)
- Kroger ($KR) is going to eliminate plastic bags by 2025. (businessinsider.com)
Environment
- Rising sea levels are already having an impact on coastal real estate values. (washingtonpost.com)
- Climate change is going to affect the path of rivers. (wired.com)
- Wildfires were getting better in the US before they got worse. (bloomberg.com)
- How carbon mineralization could be used to remove carbon from the atmosphere. (nytimes.com)
Science
- The world was once full of all kinds of hybrid humans. (nytimes.com)
- Too much scientific research is stuck behind high paywalls. (slate.com)
- What matters more for forest fires: hot weather or dry conditions? (arstechnica.com)
- Where did all the red salmon go? (nytimes.com)
Technology
- Drones have found a niche in large-scale construction projects. (nytimes.com)
- How to protect yourself from a SIM swap attack. (wired.com)
- Why Apple ($AAPL) should ditch the Lighting connector for USB-C. (slate.com)
- Why people wear AirPods: they don't want to talk to you. (wsj.com)
- Mastodon is an open-source Twitter alternative. (wired.com)
Psychology
- How your brain transforms stressful family vacations into pleasant memories. (nytimes.com)
- How "meaningless rituals" help boost self-control. (digest.bps.org.uk)
- Why you should accept that you will not be deliciously happy all the time. (qz.com)
- How to deal with a panic attack. (fastcompany.com)
Microdosing
- More research is being conducted on the impact of microdosing psilocybin. (statnews.com)
- Silicon Valley is at a hotbed for microdosing. (nytimes.com)
- The research on microdosing is still pretty thin. (theatlantic.com)
Health
- When your prescription co-pay is more than the actual retail price of the drug. (pbs.org)
- African American men have better health outcomes with male African American doctors. (nytimes.com)
- Why are men more likely to get bladder cancer than women? (hms.harvard.edu)
Medicine
- Cancer screening comes with its own cost/benefit metric. (npr.org)
- What does mean when a drug is declared "safe and effective"? (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- HPV vaccines rates are increasing, but not fast enough. (washingtonpost.com)
Drink
- Why you don't need to worry about having a single drink a day. (theatlantic.com)
- Why Africa is growing in importance to the world's big brewers. (wsj.com)
- Can liquor have terroir? (nytimes.com)
- Would you drink synthetic whiskey? (theverge.com)
Cannabis
- The legalization of marijuana is a big public health experiment. (theatlantic.com)
- Scotts Miracle Gro ($SMG) wants a piece of the marijuana market. (bloomberg.com)
Fitness
- How you felt about gym class may very well affect how you think about exercise today. (nytimes.com)
- The debate over eating breakfast and fitness is still raging. (bigthink.com)
- Crew by True Rowing is Peloton for indoor rowing. (fastcompany.com)
Sports
- College strength and conditioning coaches have risen in prominence and power. (nytimes.com)
- If you owned an NFL franchise would you sell? (wsj.com)
- The compelling case for robot umpires. (technologyreview.com)
- The best fly caster in the world is a 14-year old American teenager named Maxine McCormick. (nytimes.com)
Media
- Why are the major record companies dumping Spotify ($SPOT) stock? (copyright.nova.edu)
- Want to reach men? Advertise on sports talk radio. (nytimes.com)
- We are already in 'reality TV 3.0' era. (om.co)
- The 23 best films of the 2000s. (washingtonpost.com)
Relationships
- Why digital dating is so popular: it works better. (economist.com)
- Dating apps very much reflect the societies they serve. (ft.com)
- Fatigue is a big (sexual) issue for couples. (psychologytoday.com)
- Eat.More.Fish. (bigthink.com)
Kids
- Rewards/punishment are blunt tools for kids. How to do better. (nytimes.com)
- Doctors are now prescribing play for overscheduled kids. (qz.com)
- There are three psychological needs a game like Fortnite meets for kids. (nirandfar.com)
- Even teens are worried they are spending too much time on their phones. (axios.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: reasonable recycling. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: seeking silence. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why it's so difficult to change people's minds. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Melting permafrost, penny stock losses and panic attacks: revisiting three earlier posts. (abnormalreturns.com)
