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Quote of the Day
"We compromise every time we engage with the rules of physics."
(Seth Godin)
Auto safety
- "The key to avoiding distracted driving is simple, according to new research from MIT: just keep your eyes on the road and look where you're going." (arstechnica.com)
- Why there is a gender gap when it comes to auto safety. (cbc.ca)
AVs
- Why AV companies are consolidating. (ft.com)
- Apple's ($AAPL) acquisition of Drive.AI is not a big deal. (fortune.com)
Autos
- "Rivian is promising to do for trucks what Tesla did for luxury cars." (nytimes.com)
- Truck driving could soon be a desk job. (axios.com)
- EVs in Europe must have a noise-emitting device. (bbc.com)
Energy
- Chubb ($CB) is getting out of the business of insuring coal companies. (ft.com)
- Can used supertankers be used to capture wave energy? (bbc.com)
Climate
- The vast expanse of sea ice around Antarctica has suffered a “precipitous” fall since 2014, satellite data shows. (theguardian.com)
- June 2019 was the hottest month on record for Earth. (independent.co.uk)
Environment
- More trees, please. (phys.org)
- How the iPhone saved the planet, literally. (wired.com)
- It's hard to see how carbon capture on a global scale isn't a part of the solution to global warming. (ft.com)
- The environmental downside of cheap, really cheap, clothes at Costco ($COST). (fastcompany.com)
- Plastics are about more than water bottles. (nytimes.com)
- Why beverage companies oppose bottle bills. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- The top 10 emerging technologies of 2019. (scientificamerican.com)
- The Apple ($AAPL) Watch has seemingly not taken a bite out of the luxury watch space. (nytimes.com)
- Computer vision is speeding up the Amazon warehouse picking process. (ft.com)
- Why its difficult to "half quit" an app like Twitter. (nytimes.com)
The brain
- Depression is a sneaky, sticky b*tch - a first hand experience. (getrichslowly.org)
- Eight books that can help with anxiety and stress management including "10 Percent Happier: How I Tamed The Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works — A True Story" by Dan Harris. (fatherly.com)
- How to be nicer to yourself including "accepting your imperfections." (fatherly.com)
Health
- Why you should exercise before studying. (newatlas.com)
- Why being kind makes you healthier. (nextavenue.org)
Health
- What makes for a good health metric. (theatlantic.com)
- "Irish children who spend more time outdoors during daylight hours are less likely to be short-sighted, say scientists." (thetimes.co.uk)
- For $599 what does sequencing your entire genome get you? (onezero.medium.com)
Barbecue
- Grilling is still very much a part of the male stereotype. (vox.com)
- Five myths about barbecue. (washingtonpost.com)
Fake meat
Food
- 10 food trends that will soon be ubiquitous. (washingtonpost.com)
- Breakfast isn't just about pancakes anymore. (newconsumer.com)
- AT the Costco ($COST) food court, stick with the basics. (businessinsider.com)
- Diet soda gets a bad rap. (washingtonpost.com)
- In defense of mayonnaise. (wired.com)
Drink
- We all know about the dangers of secondhand smoke, what about the dangers of secondhand drinking? (gizmodo.com)
- The head of Anheuser-Busch InBev is betting that a planned public listing in Asia will help the world’s largest brewer expand in the fast-growing region via acquisitions. (ft.com)
- Beer made from excess breakfast cereal. Sure, why not? (nytimes.com)
Coffee
Dogs
- The FDA has issued a warning about grain-free dog food. (theatlantic.com)
- Everybody needs a dog, especially teenagers. (nytimes.com)
Media
- A great reminder - you don't really own all those e-books, movies and songs you have paid for. (wired.com)
- Why don't talk shows work on Netflix ($NFLX)? (nytimes.com)
- The best movies of 2019 (so far). (vulture.com)
Music
- The traditional model for labels is going away as artists wise up. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- Spotify ($SPOT) is pulling back from its plan to open its platform to independent artists. (ft.com)
College
- Institutional investors have overrun the student housing market. (axios.com)
- Hampshire College is on the verge of obsolescence. (wsj.com)
- What happens to your identity when your alma mater closes? (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: local maxima. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: turning points. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Investing as a hobby (or not). My talk with David Schawel. (abnormalreturns.com)
- An alternative history of the ETF: what if Vanguard had been the first to launch? (abnormalreturns.com)
- On the loss of a helpful reading resource: Reading the Markets by Brenda Jubin. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why that new car may not make you all that happy: talking transportation trade-offs with Ben Carlson. (abnormalreturns.com)
