Quote of the Day
"Your brain’s most important job isn’t thinking; it’s running the systems of your body to keep you alive and well."
(Lisa Feldman Barrett)
Autos
- Auto dealers are happy carrying lower inventories of cars. (wsj.com)
- Americans are reluctant to buy EVs without a more extensive charging network in place. (themobilist.medium.com)
- Truck drivers are pushing back against automated surveillance of their driving habits. (onezero.medium.com)
Energy
- The renewables revolution is going to require cheap, abundant batteries to store intermittent power. (ft.com)
- Don't get too worked up about the carbon emitted by patio heaters. (nytimes.com)
- A firsthand account of going solar at home. (wired.com)
Environment
- An overview of FEMA's new National Risk Index which shows county-by-county climate risks. (scientificamerican.com)
- Many states don't require homeowners to rebuild using fire-resistant materials. (npr.org)
Air travel
- An example of how the air travel slowdown ripples out across the economy. (nytimes.com)
- Australia's national carrier Qantas will require future international travelers to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before flying. (cnn.com)
Nature
- How drones are being used to track sharks near beaches. (nytimes.com)
- Why the pandemic is bad news for blue horseshoe crabs. (audubon.org)
Technology
- With their own chips, Apple ($AAPL) can take the Mac in a lot of different directions. (macworld.com)
- Spotify ($SPOT) has no shortage of competitors. (compoundadvisors.com)
- Why OpenAI is not releasing GPT-3 into the wild just yet. (nytimes.com)
Behavior
- Can AI help identify people more at-risk of committing suicide? (nytimes.com)
- Social distancing can help us think independently. (scientificamerican.com)
- Loneliness was problem before pandemic. Now... (ft.com)
- The psychological benefits of writing by hand. (fastcompany.com)
Fitness
- Even short periods of exercise affects all manner of metabolic processes. (nytimes.com)
- Every little bit of exercise you can do is helpful. (elemental.medium.com)
- On the health benefits of feeling cold. (wsj.com)
- The pandemic changed a lot of things, including how we exercise. (ft.com)
Food
- What if made school nutrition free to everybody? (ozy.com)
- McCormick ($MCK) is buying hot sauce brand Cholula. (wsj.com)
- Why all the trends are pointing toward more food coming from geographically distributed micro-greenhouses. (protocol.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: a lack of guidance. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: new money (abnormalreturns.com)
- very Friday I send out five links for advisers to help them think a little differently about the world. Sign up now! (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
