Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related stuff we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here.
Quote of the Day
"The internal combustion engine is nearing its death. To claim otherwise is to place faith in a status quo that will not only kill the planet, but German car manufacturers too."
(Claire Jones and Jamie Powell)
Autos
- Self-driving cars are both an engineering problem and a business problem. (ft.com)
- RIP, the station wagon. (nytimes.com)
Environment
- Ocean hotspots are negatively affecting fishermen. (washingtonpost.com)
- This part of the Floriday Keys regularly floods. (npr.org)
- How much carbon impact does our online activity have? (telegraph.co.uk)
- Rainwater capture is the new solar panels. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Travel
- The golden age of the frequent flyer program has long since passed. (bloomberg.com)
- Can flying ever be carbon-free? (theguardian.com)
Technology
- The internet has been Balkanized. (ritholtz.com)
- When you are on a company's website shopping, you are being watched. (nytimes.com)
- Android phones don't work very well if you turn off all the Google ($GOOGL) tracking. (onezero.medium.com)
- How TI came to dominate the market for education calculators. (gen.medium.com)
Science
- Should scientific grants be given out by chance/lottery? (nature.com)
- Scientists are both interested and anxious about melting Arctic ice. (npr.org)
- Neanderthals may have died out due to bad luck. (newscientist.com)
- Did you know gravity isn't uniform across the Earth? (bigthink.com)
- How bison act as farmers. (modernfarmer.com)
Psychology
- On the relationship between concussions and suicide in teenagers. (sciencedaily.com)
- A four-step primer on ACT or acceptance and commitment therapy. (bakadesuyo.com)
- What does the research say about transcranial direct current stimulation? (daily.jstor.org)
Medicine
- What is Vascepa and why are more people going to start taking it? (npr.org)
- On the high costs of going to medical school. (nytimes.com)
Health
- People who live near green stuff live longer. (fastcompany.com)
- How meditation can help with chronic pain. (nextavenue.org)
Coffee
- Coffee futures prices have jumped 20% in the past two weeks. (wsj.com)
- The story behind the launch and growth of Joe Coffee. (worth.com)
Food
- How the beef industry is pushing back against fake meat. (wsj.com)
- Are we reaching Peak Beef? (bloomberg.com)
- Why does romaine lettuce keep getting befouled? (modernfarmer.com)
- Why we love popcorn: multi-sensory appeal. (newyorker.com)
- Tour Food is a site for anyone looking for good, cheap food on the road. (tourfood.us)
Drink
- How Johnnie Walker Black became the favorite drink of the world's biggest religion. (theoutline.com)
- Our 25 Favorite Beers of the 2010s. (pastemagazine.com)
Dogs
- Dogs are adept at bonding with all sorts of species, not just humans. (nytimes.com)
- A crackdown on fake service animals is especially good for veterans. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- It's hard to watch football without thinking about CTE. (nytimes.com)
- The Gulf states are betting big on sports. (ft.com)
- How Egypt came to dominate squash. (nytimes.com)
Media
- Mid-budget movies are struggling at the box office. (nytimes.com)
- How Netflix ($NFLX) came to dominate the true crime docuseries. (gen.medium.com)
- There are limits to digital, even on Spotify ($SPOT). (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Lists
- The 11 best books of the past decade. (esquire.com)
- The 27 best movies of the past decade. (newyorker.com)
- The 10 most influential films of the decade. (nytimes.com)
- The 25 most successful media franchises ranked. (visualcapitalist.com)
- The 20 best Christmas albums of all-time. (pastemagazine.com)
College
- A college degree is just the start of an education. (heleo.com)
- Before getting a graduate degree, ask why? (fastcompany.com)
- Most new law school graduates are carrying a debt load. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: natural ability and determination. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: podcast overload. (abnormalreturns.com)
- It would be really tough to overdose on gratitude. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Shifting gears in retirement isn’t easy. (abnormalreturns.com)
