Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"I try to write using ordinary words and simple sentences."
(Paul Graham)
Autos
- The average car owner is not walking into a dealership to buy an EV. (wsj.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) has garnered itself a whole lot of competition. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Why EV uptake in Japan is relatively slow, think hybrids. (nytimes.com)
- In praise of the roundabout. (freakonomics.com)
Energy
- Climate friendly stocks have been outperforming of late. (axios.com)
- Just how green is 'green' hydrogen? (ft.com)
- Tesla Energy ($TSLA) is building a 100 megawatt energy storage project in Texas. (fortune.com)
- Why Chris Sacca is now focused on investing in cleantech. (forbes.com)
Air pollution
- Why don't we pay more attention to the health costs of air pollution? (marginalrevolution.com)
- Three ways to combat indoor air pollution from cooking. (daily.jstor.org)
Environment
- Nuisance flooding is on the rise in many coastal areas. (wired.com)
- Shopify ($SHOP) has signed a deal to use direct air capture to offsets its CO2 emissions. (scientificamerican.com)
- Indoor marijuana production has a carbon problem. (axios.com)
- The world is running out of sand. (cnbc.com)
Air travel
- Business is booming at private jet companies. (axios.com)
- An upside from slow pandemic travel: airlines accelerating terminal construction projects. (wsj.com)
- Why a lot of business travel is never coming back. (nytimes.com)
Travel
- Hawaii is renegotiating its relationship with the tourism industry. (nytimes.com)
- Public outdoor spaces, like national parks, are overrun with humans. (adventure-journal.com)
- Popular travel website Kayak is opening a boutique hotel in Miami. (fastcompany.com)
Animals
- Remember the Australian wildfires? Dozens of species are still at-risk of extinctions. (sciencenews.org)
- Cuttlefish are smarter than we thought. (npr.org)
- This sea slug can regrow its entire body from the head down. (livescience.com)
- Insights from "Empire of Ants: The Hidden Worlds and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors." (arstechnica.com)
Password manager
- How to choose the best password manager. (wsj.com)
- Many LastPass users are unwilling to pony up for a paid version. (ft.com)
- Dashlane is making it easier to change your passwords. (theverge.com)
- The major password managers, rated. (wired.com)
Technology
- Why Facebook ($FB) isn't all that interested in tamping down on hate speech and misinformation. (technologyreview.com)
- Is technology accelerating or are we just getting older? (washingtonpost.com)
- Is the future of data privacy about 'data poisoning'? (technologyreview.com)
- License plate scanning the U.S. is pretty much everywhere. (wsj.com)
Behavior
- It's hard to treat people's mental health issues if their basic needs aren't met first. (slate.com)
- To reduce unhelpful chatter, talk to yourself as you would another person. (nautil.us)
- Five insights from Stephanie Stahl's book, "The Child in You: The Breakthrough Method for Bringing Out Your Authentic Self." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- How to distinguish burnout from depression. (theatlantic.com)
Fitness
- The runner's high is about endocannabinoids not endorphins. (nytimes.com)
- The downsides of exercising outside in cold, winter weather. (cbc.ca)
- Brett McKay talks with Daniel Lieberman author of "Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding." (artofmanliness.com)
- James Nestor’s book "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art" is a splendid introduction to the research and practices of breath work. (casnocha.com)
Health
- The pandemic only highlighted already existing issues in the health care system. (slate.com)
- The naturalistic fallacy: natural is not always better. (behavioralscientist.org)
Cultured meat
- Cultured, or lab-grown meat, is giving vegetarians an option they didn't have before. (wsj.com)
- With more meatless options coming, it is going to get harder to justify your regular burger. (nytimes.com)
- How much better for the environment is lab-grown meat? (fastcompany.com)
Food
- The pandemic proves you don't need to live on a three-meals a day schedule. (theatlantic.com)
- QSRs are trying to use preditive modeling to speed you through the drive-thru lane. (nytimes.com)
- Indoor farming has now come for flowering crops, like strawberries. (news.crunchbase.com)
Drink
- Why your bottle of Scotch may be getting cheaper. (pastemagazine.com)
- If the future of restaurants is hazy, so is the future of wine service. (nytimes.com)
- The best bourbons under $50 a bottle. (pastemagazine.com)
- Does whiskey have 'terroir'? (modernfarmer.com)
- Can Trappist breweries still make beer without actual monks? (wsj.com)
Entertainment
- The best TV shows to have on in the background including 'Beat Bobby Flay.' (pastemagazine.com)
- Streaming services are upping their subscriber projections (axios.com)
Sports
- Surfers are beginning to embrace helmet use. (nytimes.com)
- Tennis and golf saw a surge in interest in pandemic. Will it stick around? (nytimes.com)
Children
- Not every child is struggling with remote learning. (npr.org)
- Virtual learning means the end of 'snow days.' (theatlantic.com)
- How to apologize to your child. (nytimes.com)
College
- What really matters when it comes to picking a college. (tonyisola.com)
- College wait lists are super long this year due to all the pandemic-induced uncertainty. (wsj.com)
- Don't kid yourself: international college students are a big business. (ft.com)
- Can't get to campus? Colleges have come up with 'virtual tours.' (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: pandemics end in whimpers. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: valuing song catalogs. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Nobody wants your digital sh*t, either. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
