On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"Networking is a lot like dating."
(Brett Steenbarger)
Autos
- How the chip shortage has rippled through the auto industry. (wsj.com)
- USPS delivery vehicles should go electric, but the picture is still pretty fuzzy. (theverge.com)
- Trucks idling at warehouses are big carbon emitters. (arstechnica.com)
- Volvo could be coming back public. (wsj.com)
Energy
- Weather forecasting becomes more important as solar power ramps up. (wired.com)
- The 800 megawatt (MW) Vineyard Wind 1 project is moving forward. (cnbc.com)
Environment
- The Western U.S. is facing a dangerous fire season. (theconversation.com)
- Why an increasing number of ground wells are going to dry up. (theconversation.com)
Travel
- More air travelers make for some familiar frustrations, like crowding and delays. (wsj.com)
- Flight attendants say that passengers have become more aggressive in the past year. (businessinsider.com)
Apple
- What would a new Apple ($AAPL) Macbook Air look like? (macworld.com)
- What are Apple ($AAPL) AirTags good for? (om.co)
Behavior
- It's going to take some time to scale up the provision of psychedelic-assisted therapy. (fastcompany.com)
- Five insights from "The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work" by Jessica Bacal. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- When it comes to user ratings, language matters more than the actual rating. (behavioralscientist.org)
Sleep
- Separate beds make for better sleep. (vox.com)
- How Calm turned sleep into a big business. (joincolossus.com)
Food
- Young farmers have some of the same problems as others: health care and child care. (theconversation.com)
- The pandemic shows that people prefer restaurants on car-free streets. (bloomberg.com)
- Cavendish bananas are likely doomed. What comes next? (slate.com)
- How ramps became an 'it' vegetable. (vox.com)
- Why CSAs never took off. (wsj.com)
Sports
- DraftKings ($DKNG) is delving deeper into media. (sportico.com)
- What it's like to own a Kentucky Derby horse with your friends. (theatlantic.com)
Children
- The pandemic accelerated the secular decline in Catholic school enrollment. (wsj.com)
- Remote schooling makes cheating easier. (wsj.com)
- In defense of snow days. (wired.com)
Standardized tests
- The University of California system won't accept SAT or ACT scores through 2025. (msn.com)
- Business schools, and employers, are de-emphasizing GMAT scores. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: the limits of statistical power. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: influence and scandal. (abnormalreturns.com)
- David Swensen leaves a powerful legacy. (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)
