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Quote of the Day
"Often failure is simply failure, and a setback is exactly what it seems. But sometimes the obstacle that has been placed in our path might provoke us to look around, and perhaps to discover that a better route was there all along."
(Tim Harford)
Autos
- How the driving experience will change over the next decade. (qz.com)
- China has gone all in on electric buses. (bloomberg.com)
- By 2038 EVs will outsell ICEs. (qz.com)
- Bike lanes need more than just paint to improve safety. (curbed.com)
- How the Buick Roadmaster Estate wagon became a hot commodity. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Will billionaires taking 'solar radiation management' into their own hands? (psmag.com)
- Rising methane levels are still a bit of a mystery. (undark.org)
- How fall crops help reduce fertilize runoff. (indystar.com)
Air transport
- Lilium is now testing its five-seat, electric air taxi. (newatlas.com)
- When did boarding an airplane become so ridiculous? (nymag.com)
Technology
- Technology isn't just about computers. (johnhcochrane.blogspot.com)
- Automation is not AI. (venturebeat.com)
- Loyalty reward programs are the next big target for hackers. (nytimes.com)
- Medical devices are now the next front in the cybersecurity wars. (wsj.com)
Science
- The Moon is cooling, shrinking and stretching. (axios.com)
- Scientists are still studying the moon rocks from the Apollo missions. (washingtonpost.com)
Psychology
- Five neuroscience-backed tips for greater happiness. (bakadesuyo.com)
- Some skepticism on the efficacy of psychedelic-based therapies. (slatestarcodex.com)
- Can brain scans help predict suicide risk? (newatlas.com)
- Did Netflix's ($NFLX) '13 Reasons Why' actually increase the teen suicide rate? (newscientist.com)
- How optimism varies through our lifetimes. (bigthink.com)
- How interactions with strangers can improve your day. (wsj.com)
Alternative meat
- Will fake meat win the taste test, not just the guilt trip? (barrons.com)
- Thumbs down on the Beyond Burger. (marketwatch.com)
Eating out
- Eating out consistently is a very expensive endeavor. (thesimpledollar.com)
- How 'cooking as a service' has changed us. (alexdanco.com)
- Mass food delivery requires big kitchens. (bloomberg.com)
Food
- It's not just the sugar, salt and fat in ultra-processed foods that drive weight gain. (npr.org)
- Americans have a very narrow definition of what constitutes 'breakfast food.' (theatlantic.com)
- Interest in veganism is on the rise. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why consumers are wary of Brazilian beef. (ft.com)
- Goat milk is the hot new milk. (washingtonpost.com)
Drink
- A whisky expert blind-tastes different types of whiskeys. (digg.com)
- Can AI make for better whiskey? (techcrunch.com)
Cannabis
- Legal pot has not killed the underground marijuana trade in California. (nytimes.com)
- CBD is everywhere but there is little data about its efficacy. (marketwatch.com)
Media
- The race is on to develop the next 'Game of Thrones.' (washingtonpost.com)
- Comcast ($CMCSA) is giving Disney ($DIS) full control of Hulu. (theverge.com)
- There is no pent-up demand for higher resolution music formats. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Sports
- Why there has been a surge in hit-by-pitch in MLB. (wsj.com)
- Mercedes and Ferrari dominate Formula One. F1 now wants to make things more competitive. (bloomberg.com)
- Where legal sports gambling stands one year in. (ritholtz.com)
- Younger Americans don't feel icky about sports gambling. (cnbc.com)
- Ads on NFL jerseys are inevitable. (axios.com)
Relationships
- Are we collectively having less sex or simply being more honest about it? (wired.co.uk)
- In Spain after paternity leave was offered, men wanted fewer children. (qz.com)
- Can smoking weed together increase a couple's intimacy? (bigthink.com)
Career
- Sometimes the jobs you DIDN'T get are just as important as the ones you did. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Entry-level jobs are no longer that entry level. (wsj.com)
- These are the hot, new starter cities for college grads. (wsj.com)
College
- A hot jobs market is siphoning off students from college. (bloomberg.com)
- On the benefits of taking a gap year. (thesimpledollar.com)
- In Vermont small colleges are closing. (wsj.com)
- The College Board plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT. (washingtonpost.com)
- This university requires engineering majors to take an improv class. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: sustainable innovation. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: going cold turkey. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What's with all the hype around portfolio rebalancing? (abnormalreturns.com)