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Quote of the day
“Ignoring the placebo effect won’t make it go away.” – Seth Godin
Chart of the day
What’s driving mortality today vs. the year 2000? (FT)
Autos
- Higher maintenance costs are driving Americans to buy new cars. (bloomberg.com)
- Germany is having an existential crisis about cars (and SUVs). (msn.com)
- Want to drive for Uber? Get a used Toyota Prius. (barrons.com)
EVs
- Amazon ($AMZN) is buying 100,000 electric delivery vans from startup Rivian. (cnn.com)
- Toyota ($TM) is developing a car covered in solar cells so it doesn't have to be charged. (msn.com)
- BMW is killing off the electric i3. (ft.com)
Energy
- Offshore wind is the cheapest form of power in the UK. (newscientist.com)
- How Queen Elizabeth profits from offshore wind power. (ft.com)
- Solar power is the cheapest form of energy in Spain. (bloomberg.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) just signed deals for 1,600 megawatts of renewable energy for its facilities around the world. (ft.com)
Travel
- How to be a human being when getting off a plane. (washingtonpost.com)
- How group travel companies are trying to personalize the experience a little more. (wsj.com)
- More data on why you should avoid water on airplanes. (cnn.com)
- Utah's campaign to get more visitors to state parks has worked TOO well. (wsj.com)
- 12 good travel tips. (okdork.com)
AI
- More evidence that AI can help solve difficult problems that humans can't. (fortune.com)
- A full-blown robotic pilot is in testing. (newscientist.com)
- How aerial imaging is helping farmers maximize yields. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- There is a good chance your television is tracking your viewing habits in some form or fashion. (washingtonpost.com)
- Biometric passwords have their own unique downsides. (ft.com)
- To get users to choose a strong password you have to get them an incentive. (wsj.com)
- Why you should check out 'log in with Apple.' (wsj.com)
- Four secrets to help you stop checking your phone. (bakadesuyo.com)
Medicine
- Aimmune's peanut-allergy treatment is all about insurance, not health. (theatlantic.com)
- More people than ever are surviving cancer. Their medical needs going forward are unique. (wsj.com)
- Why the US spends so much more than every other country on pharmaceuticals. (ft.com)
- The microbiome is the frontier for obesity research. (nytimes.com)
- Babies born by C-section do have a different microbiome but the differences disappear pretty quickly. (newscientist.com)
The brain
- There is a difference between knowing and doing when it comes to dealing with depression and anxiety. (getrichslowly.org)
- Don't discount the (negative) power of verbal abuse. (medium.com)
- Getting out in nature is a great mood booster. (sciencedaily.com)
- Chess grandmasters tend to live longer than average. (en.chessbase.com)
Food
- Drink tea. It's good for your brain. (modernfarmer.com)
- Can extremophiles make for better lab-grown proteins? (ft.com)
- Cheese ranked: healthy to not-so healthy. (beta.washingtonpost.com)
- What does 'certified organic' really mean? (modernfarmer.com)
- Snail caviar? Sure, why not. (modernfarmer.com)
College
- How to bring down the cost of attending college. (humbledollar.com)
- Why we should be wary of the impulse to make college curriculums ever more technical and career focused. (nytimes.com)
- Do employers value a liberal arts degree? (hbr.org)
MBA
- The University of Chicago's Booth School just topped Forbes' list as the best MBA program. (forbes.com)
- Stanford's MBA program has seen a drop in application due in part to China. (ft.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: corporate burnouts. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: advanced analytics. (abnormalreturns.com)
