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Quote of the Day
"The source of a happy life is within us. Troublemakers in many parts of the world are often quite well-educated, so it is not just education that we need. What we need is to pay attention to inner values."
(The Dalai Lama)
Autos
- China buys ~50% of electric vehicles every year. (qz.com)
- Teslas are more efficient than Audi and Jaguar EVs. (engadget.com)
- Lithium supplies have caught up with growing demand. (wsj.com)
- Americans are pretty monochrome when it comes to car colors. (carmax.com)
Environment
- What a bi-partisan solution for climate change would look like. (techcrunch.com)
- We need a lot more trees to suck up CO2. (independent.co.uk)
- Think you can go plastic-free? Good luck. (nytimes.com)
- How one Australian state weaned itself off coal. (axios.com)
- How much energy does music streaming use? (bbc.com)
- Some food byproducts that do the job of road salt. (modernfarmer.com)
Transport
- What Airbus got wrong with the giant A380. (wsj.com)
- The FAA is implementing changes to reduce flight delays, even those that are weather-related. (wsj.com)
- Elon Musk isn't the only company testing hyperloop-like solutions. (nytimes.com)
- How US Xpress overhauled its truck driver training program. (businessinsider.com)
- US Navy submarines are now getting the drone treatment. (popularmechanics.com)
- How swarms of drones could transform warfare. (latimes.com)
Technology
- The best technologies respect standards. (nytimes.com)
- The popularity of the PopSocket demonstrates that phones are too big. (wsj.com)
- Password managers are not perfect, but are better than the alternative. (washingtonpost.com)
Health
- Should companies, like Hims, be prescribing ED medicines without a more thorough medical exam? (businessinsider.com)
- On the relationship between populist narratives and vaccine skepticism. (ft.com)
- Countries like Germany, show there are different paths to universal coverage. (nytimes.com)
- Companies are increasingly using health trackers to monitor their workers. (washingtonpost.com)
- It's time for a better hospital bracelet. (wsj.com)
Psychology
- Seth Godin, "It takes this continuous narrative to keep the worry roaring along." (seths.blog)
- A first-hand account of what ketamine treatment for depression is like. (vox.com)
- PTSD for parents of seriously ill children is a real thing. (wsj.com)
- A short video on the epidemic of loneliness. (kottke.org)
Sleep
- A loss of sleep can increase anxiety. (psychologytoday.com)
- Why aren't more high schools starting their school days later? (scientificamerican.com)
Food
- Michael Behar, "Aquaponics combines hydroponics—growing plants without soil in a water-based mineral solution—with aquaculture, otherwise known as fish farming." (outsideonline.com)
- How to stop hating your least favorite food. (theatlantic.com)
- America loves to eat out of bowls. (washingtonpost.com)
Coffee
- Coffee is at-risk of going extinct, just not immediately. (modernfarmer.com)
- Grind at home or buy pre-ground: you make the call. (qz.com)
Sports
- MLB is cracking down on technology-enabled sign stealing. (si.com)
- What does a $250 million investment in the fledgling AAF get you? (theringer.com)
College
- "Contingent faculty" make up 3/4 of college teaching resources. (washingtonpost.com)
- A handful of online universities have established big, national footprints. (chronicle.com)
- Enrolling more low-income students isn't enough. (wsj.com)
Media
- Netflix ($NFLX) "put out more movies than all the major US studios combined last year." (qz.com)
- How Amazon ($AMZN) plans to spend money on new films. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- No matter how you slice it, linear television is dying. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- Reality television has taken a turn for the nice. (washingtonpost.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is shrinking the world by sharing content across borders. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: a career accelerant. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the revenue spigot. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Warren Buffett’s (investing) brother from another mother. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Knowing the difference between off the rack and bespoke indices. (abnormalreturns.com)
