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!
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Quote of the Day
"Life is about tradeoffs."
(Ryan Holiday)
Chart of the Day
Disney park ticket prices have outpaced consumer inflation for decades. (HT @SnippetFinance)
EVs
- Rivian ($RIVN) will begin selling e-vans to non-Amazon partners in 2023. (theverge.com)
- A quarter of Volvo's sales in 2021 are hybrid or battery electric. (arstechnica.com)
- A look at the 2022 Subaru Solterra, the company's first EV. (theverge.com)
Transport
- More money keeps flowing into the autonomous trucking space. (venturebeat.com)
- Don't hold your breath waiting for commercial supersonic jets. (nytimes.com)
- A look at three companies that are changing transportation. (fallows.substack.com)
- E-bikes sales are flying. (nytimes.com)
Nuclear
- Why nuclear power is once again getting some love. (theatlantic.com)
- Rolls-Royce, the UK aero-engine maker, is going to start building mini-nuclear reactors. (ft.com)
Energy
- The largest solar energy project is coming to Indiana. (indystar.com)
- Researchers are getting close to commercially viable sodium-powered batteries. (wired.com)
- The BBB bill provides a lot of incentives for homeowners to make their homes more energy-efficient. (marketwatch.com)
- How Toronto uses lake water to help cool downtown buildings. (wapo.st)
- What will it take to make wave power commercially viable? (washingtonpost.com)
Environment
- Why carbon capture trumps carbon offsets. (wired.com)
- It's hard to take greenhouse gas emissions claims seriously if the numbers are wrong. (washingtonpost.com)
- You can already see the effects of rising sea levels on the coast of South Carolina. (npr.org)
- The price for recycled PET flakes is on the rise. (wsj.com)
- What will it take for coral reefs to survive? (wired.com)
- Animals need infrastructure too. (vox.com)
Space
- It's like something out of a sci-fi movie: planets orbiting a distant star at right angles. (nytimes.com)
- Are the Hubble Space Telescope's days numbered? (wired.com)
Technology
- The Apple ($AAPL) M1 chip is a bigger deal than commonly throught. (nytimes.com)
- Is Twitter ($TWTR) Blue worth the $2.99 a month? (slate.com)
Psychedelic therapy
- How, and when, will psychedelics transform psychiatry? (theguardian.com)
- The largest-ever study of psilocybin showed effectiveness in reducing depression symptoms. (statnews.com)
- Ketamine treatments are coming to the home. (axios.com)
Behavior
- Brad Stulberg, "Throwing yourself into real activities not only helps keep you grounded, but it is also good for your brain." (outsideonline.com)
- The reality around Havana Syndrome is complex. (nymag.com)
- How to stop caring what other people think. (theatlantic.com)
- Why making friends in adulthood is so difficult. (artofmanliness.com)
- Want a happier life? Meet more people. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
Health
- The UK has done a much better job of getting the HPV vaccine into its population. (statnews.com)
- Why the nursing shortage isn't getting any better. (vox.com)
- Your brain remembers past immune responses. (quantamagazine.org)
- The placebo effect only works in limited domains. (markmanson.net)
Fitness
- The more intense the exercise the better for alleviating anxiety. (newatlas.com)
- How to exercise with chronic pain. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Food banks are getting squeezed by higher food prices. (apnews.com)
- The coffee crisis is fueled by climate change and a deadly fungus. (vox.com)
- Hershey ($HSY) is expanding into pretzels. (wsj.com)
- California almond growers are not giving up yet. (fooddive.com)
- Australian avocado prices are plunging. (modernfarmer.com)
Drink
- For better or worse, Oaxaca's mezcal industry is using the premium tequila playbook. (nytimes.com)
- A glass of beer is a surprising mix of chemical compounds. (scientificamerican.com)
Entertainment
- Why 'American Crime Story: Impeachment' hasn't gone viral - no good streaming option. (nytimes.com)
- It's hard to look like a superhero without chemical enhancement. (vox.com)
Lists
- The best movies of 2021, so far, including 'Pig.' (esquire.com)
- The best TV shows of 2021, so far, including 'Hacks.' (esquire.com)
- The best books of 2021, so far, including Colson Whitehead's 'Harlem Shuffle.' (esquire.com)
College
- It's possible to borrow a lot of money to get a social work degree, but it may not be a great idea. (wsj.com)
- Want to know why college tuition keeps going up? Just look at the growing number of administrators. (yaledailynews.com)
- Two-year degrees have diminished in value. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: other respiratory illnesses (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: individual advantages. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Most of what we know is wrong. Have a little humility. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Want to get luckier in life? Be nice. (abnormalreturns.com)
- On opting out of the online hostility and anger. (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)
