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
"The plan for overcoming recency bias is pretty straightforward. Spend less time scrolling through news sites and more time reading books and non-news sites about how your issues of concern have played out in the distant past."
(Tyler Cowen)
Autos
- Ford ($F) has stopped taking orders for the Maverick pickup truck. (wsj.com)
- Range anxiety is more acute in the wilderness. (axios.com)
- What can government do to roll back the surge in road deaths? (slate.com)
- How to get your Tesla ($TSLA) ready for winter. (theverge.com)
- Big banks are pushing deeper into auto lending. (wsj.com)
Transport
- Short-range electric air taxis continue to attract venture capital. (axios.com)
- It's not just you - the roads ARE jammed with trucks. (wsj.com)
Energy
- A big fight is raging over the future of rooftop solar in California. (nytimes.com)
- Why don't we use triple-pane windows? (scientificamerican.com)
- Another step toward fusion energy. (axios.com)
- Gas stoves are a source of methane. (vox.com)
Space
- The JWST has reached its new home in space. (space.com)
- The drop in payload costs has dropped by 90% over the past decade. (visualcapitalist.com)
Behavior
- Through overuse, the term 'trauma' has lost meaning. (vox.com)
- Five insights from Carl Erik Fisher's new book "The Urge: Our History of Addiction." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- A Q&A with Ethan Kross author of "Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It." (gq.com)
- How to build resilience. (primecuts.substack.com)
Health
- How to read health studies for statistical significance. (davidepstein.bulletin.com)
- Cataract surgery reduces the risks of dementia. (nytimes.com)
- Evidence that Vitamin D reduces the risk of autoimmune disease. (newscientist.com)
- Do Neti pots work? (nytimes.com)
Sleep
- Better sleep makes for better academic performance. (nature.com)
- For millennia people used to sleep in two shifts. (bbc.com)
- Stop romanticizing pre-industrial sleep patterns. (theatlantic.com)
Food
- Omicron-related absences are backing up U.S. the food system. (wsj.com)
- Chickpeas keep growing in popularity in the U.S. (feastandfield.net)
- Interest in plant-based meat has stagnated. (ft.com)
- How vertical farms can use fish to optimize growing conditions. (fastcompany.com)
Drink
- Diageo ($DEO) is running low on inventory. (wsj.com)
- Maker’s Mark has become the largest distillery in the world to achieve B Corp certification. (thedrinksbusiness.com)
- Is your whiskey union-made? (thenation.com)
- There's really no evidence that red wine is better for you than white wine. (wsj.com)
- How do you know if you have a problem with alcohol? (thecut.com)
- How alcohol messes with your sleep. (nytimes.com)
Chess
- How computers left humans behind in chess: an excerpt from Oliver Roeder's new book "Seven Games: A Human History." (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Will the U.S. produce another world chess champion? (bigthink.com)
Skiing
- Ski season is not very fun this Winter. (nytimes.com)
- As more people go off-piste, rescuers are busier and dealing with more dangerous situations. (gq.com)
Sports
- KKR ($KKR) is buying Accell, a leading European e-bike producer. (frontofficesports.com)
- Remember that brief moment when people cared about football concussions? (nytimes.com)
Schools
- The vast majority of schools are open but all of them are struggling. (wsj.com)
- Some first-hand experiences of two years of school disruption. (esquire.com)
- Some schools are getting by with the help of parent volunteers. (wsj.com)
- Adults need to be resilient, not children. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: the same boat. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: revolution in reverse. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A market correction reading list from Josh, Michael, Ben, Barry and Blair. (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)
