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Quote of the day
“The problem with limitless choice is that choice is daunting.” – Derek Kompare
Chart of the day
The top countries by tourist spending. (Visual Capitalist)
Autos
- The GM ($GM) strike is in large part about the shift to electric cars. (marketwatch.com)
- Dyson has halted its efforts to build an electric car. (ft.com)
Energy
- US household electricity consumption has flatlined for the past decade. (wsj.com)
- The big box retailers are rushing to cover their roofs with solar. (nytimes.com)
- How Penn State University cuts its emissions in half. (npr.org)
- Germany is struggling on whether to prioritize solar or wind power. (bloomberg.com)
Consumer
- California is phasing out the use of single-use bottles in hotels. (edition.cnn.com)
- Consumers on flights generate a whole bunch of waste. (nytimes.com)
- Should frequent fliers be taxed more? (ft.com)
- Luxury water bottles are the new status symbols. (wsj.com)
- There is now a way to donate your used Lego bricks. (wired.com)
Environment
- Steel production will be a big polluter for the foreseeable future. (ft.com)
- A detailed map of auto emissions in the US. (nytimes.com)
- Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular. (nytimes.com)
- The battle over coastal erosion, and the like, is going to play itself over and over again. (scientificamerican.com)
- The US has too many damn deer. (slate.com)
Fall foliage
- A guide to fall foliage in the US. (washingtonpost.com)
- The best national parks to see the fall colors. (curbed.com)
Technology
- Apple ($AAPL) Airpods are great, but battery life (and replacement) is a big issue. (washingtonpost.com)
- Nir Eyal wants you to look inward to solve your tech addiction problem with "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life." (nytimes.com)
- A eulogy for the original 'killer map' service: MapQuest. (searchengineland.com)
The brain
- Mental health apps are gamifying the experience. (businessinsider.com)
- How eating better can help tamp down on the symptoms of depression. (npr.org)
- Why developing new anti-depressants is so difficult. (elemental.medium.com)
Influenza
- Influenza 101: what you need to know. (elemental.medium.com)
- A universal flu vaccine would be a boon to society. (elemental.medium.com)
- How to feel better IF you do have the flu. (elemental.medium.com)
- How to help protect your kids from the flu this Winter. (elemental.medium.com)
Lyme disease
- Diagnoses of chronic Lyme disease and chronic fatigue syndrome are often mixed up. (newscientist.com)
- Why there's still no Lyme Disease vaccine. (theatlantic.com)
Health
- A Medicare insurer is now offering discounts on the Apple ($AAPL) Watch to members. (cnbc.com)
- What does a dental practice designed for Millennials look like? (fastcompany.com)
- How to reduce a child's distress from a migraine headache. (nytimes.com)
- Everyone seemingly agrees there is a huge amount of waste in the US healthcare system. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- Why the advice on taking a daily baby aspirin turned around. (elemental.medium.com)
Food
- China is now breeding 1,000 pound pigs. (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
- Meatless meat has gone mainstream: everywhere you can get the Beyond Meat and Impossible burgers. (vox.com)
- Why Costco is so obsessed with its $4.99 rotisserie chickens. (cnn.com)
Drink
- Would you drink cocktails in a handy, edible cocktail capsules? (inc.com)
- Why whiskey pods are NOT the future of drinking. (slate.com)
- Some beers that stood out at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival. (fortune.com)
Sports
- Can Elliott Management find a formula to crack the volatile football industry with AC Milan? (ft.com)
- Why aren't there more African American head coaches in college basketball's power five conferences? (indystar.com)
- Making the case for outlawing horse racing. (washingtonpost.com)
- Meet the worst pro sports owner in North America. (theringer.com)
Music
- Where Apple ($AAPL) Music is headed. (wired.co.uk)
- The 100 best albums of the decade. (pastemagazine.com)
- The 200 best songs of the 2010s. (pitchfork.com)
College
- Why do rich people still give money to the big Ivy League endowments? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- American universities need to choose whether to be equal or elite. (time.com)
- The College Board knows a lot about you. (axios.com)
- The ACT is going to allow kids to retake only part of the exam. (washingtonpost.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: disrupted habits. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: distractions and stillness. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Fifty years from now, will mental illness still have a stigma attached? (abnormalreturns.com)
- It's funny how things work out, sometimes. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Minor miracles do happen: why you shouldn't take for granted the continued success of Financial Twitter. (abnormalreturns.com)
