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 future will never provide the reassurance you seek from it."
(Oliver Burkeman)
Autos
- Doubts are being raised about market darling Nikola ($NKLA). (hindenburgresearch.com)
- The rise of the big SUV is making fighting climate change harder. (slate.com)
- Driver's education is going by the wayside. (mentalfloss.com)
Transport
- Some ways to play the e-bike boom. (marketwatch.com)
- How to safely organize a boat parade. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Energy
- How energy consumption (and source) has changed for various countries over time. (visualcapitalist.com)
- The Dept. of Energy has given approval to the first small-scale, self-contained nuclear reactors. (apnews.com)
Environment
- The Western United States is on fire. (slate.com)
- Americans don't want to continue repaying to rebuild homes in flood and fire-prone areas. (nytimes.com)
- According to the WWF the world's animal population is in 'free fall.' (ft.com)
- It's not just plastic microfibers that are flooding the oceans. (wired.com)
- Why big craters are opening up in the Siberian tundra. (edition.cnn.com)
Travel
- The pandemic is shifting demand for some vacation spots (nytimes.com)
- It's hard not to travel with your dog this year. (nytimes.com)
Science
- How American mastodons were driven in extinction by climate change. (wired.com)
- Astronomers are surprised by what they have learned from Voyager 1 and 2 as they leave the heliosphere. (bbc.com)
Technology
- We continue to rely on Big Tech due to convenience. (om.co)
- How technology moves from being novel to normal. (ritholtz.com)
- In the real world 5G doesn't seem to be any faster than 4G. (washingtonpost.com)
- App store ratings are crucial to the success of an app. (ft.com)
- You have way too many browser tabs open. (wired.com)
Pandemic effects
- The opioid crisis didn't end in pandemic, it only got worse. (wsj.com)
- Americans are grinding their teeth in pandemic. (nytimes.com)
- Pandemic is a perfect storm for those with eating disorders. (npr.org)
Behavior
- How much of the rise in anxiety and depression and pandemic is permanent? (wired.com)
- More evidence that psychadelics can help with depression. (bigthink.com)
- 'Fill up your canteen' when you get the chance. (artofmanliness.com)
Health
- Fewer American kids are vaping. (nbcnews.com)
- Researchers continue to look for substitutes to donated blood. (wsj.com)
Fitness
- The men's wellness industrial complex is just as bad as the female counterpart. (slate.com)
- People are not headed back to the gym just yet. (media.thinknum.com)
- People go to the gym for a lot of reasons, fitness only being one of them. (theatlantic.com)
Food
- Farm workers have it tough, even without wildfire smoke. (npr.org)
- The USDA is reducing oversight of the egg industry. (modernfarmer.com)
- There's no sustainable way forward for restaurants without a better way to support workers. (nytimes.com)
- Despite reopenings, Americans have not returned to restaurants. (bloomberg.com)
- What does it mean to be a food reviewer when restaurants are closed? (wsj.com)
Football
- The NFL season is going to look a lot different this year. (washingtonpost.com)
- How is the NFL going to deal with largely empty stadiums? (theringer.com)
- Researchers are trying to find ways to scan for CTE among living players. (washingtonpost.com)
School
- Pandemic is a disaster for children with disabilities. (wsj.com)
- What schools are doing to support kids in a very weird year. (vox.com)
- Schools are struggling to get food to hungry children. (npr.org)
- Schools have had to rethink transportation in pandemic. (wsj.com)
- Kids aren't getting their recommended vaccinations. (wsj.com)
College
- College towns are hurting without football. (si.com)
- Why do so many people who start college, not finish? (behavioralscientist.org)
- How college admissions are going to change moving forward. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: cheap and quick tests. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: pursuing happiness. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Part two of my Q&A with Morgan Housel author of the new book "The Psychology of Money." (abnormalreturns.com)
- Part one of my Q&A with Morgan Housel author of the new book "The Psychology of Money." (abnormalreturns.com)
- Every Friday I send out five links for advisers to help them think a little differently about the world. Sign up now! (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
