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
"Despite all of this evidence that we really shouldn’t be searching for a version of ourselves to woo, the most common way that Americans find partners these days—websites and apps—are smorgasbords of sameness."
(Arthur C. Brooks)
Autos
- New and used car prices are still out of wack. (wsj.com)
- Humans are the weak link when it comes to assisted driving systems. (jalopnik.com)
- Used Teslas ($TSLA) are in high demand. (wsj.com)
EVs
- 2022 is going to be a big year in the transition to EVs. (nytimes.com)
- Legacy automakers need to fund the transition to EVs. (bloomberg.com)
- The Lucid Air is impressive and not just for its range. (nytimes.com)
- Why EVs keep getting bigger and heavier. (bloomberg.com)
- What problems need to be solved to make fast charging possible? (wired.com)
- What becomes of the gas station in the EV age? (axios.com)
Energy
- European scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in their quest to develop practical nuclear fusion. (bbc.com)
- The wind power industry is facing supply-chain bottlenecks. (bloomberg.com)
- Natural gas is cleaner, but not exactly clean. (vox.com)
- Nuclear regulators don't understand small-scale reactors. (bloomberg.com)
- Why 'green ammonia' would be a big deal. (wired.com)
Environment
- How the U.S. Army is preparing for climate change. (arstechnica.com)
- Giant kelp are getting less nutritious as the ocean warms. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Eco-anxiety is real. Maybe optimism is the solution. (fasterplease.substack.com)
Transport
- More companies are working on battery-powered trains. (wired.com)
- What the Spirit-Frontier merger means for fliers. (axios.com)
Animals
- Seals are dying off the coast of South Africa. Nobody knows why. (washingtonpost.com)
- Sponges are more complex than you think. (theatlantic.com)
- How birds navigate so well. (vox.com)
Space
- SpaceX lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm. (newatlas.com)
- The JWST is still months away from going live. (wired.com)
Behavior
- Five insights from Daniel Pink's new book "The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward" including "regret is universal." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- If you are comfortable you probably aren't growing. (behavioralscientist.org)
- Can you change your personality? (theatlantic.com)
- How to overcome regret. (bakadesuyo.com)
Vaccines
- It's hard to see pharma companies going back to traditional vaccine methods. (wsj.com)
- The best defense against anti-vax parents is a committed pediatrician. (newyorker.com)
- How exercise could enhance the benefits of an influenza vaccine. (nytimes.com)
Health
- Widespread cancer screening will create problems in addition to solutions. (slate.com)
- How repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is being used to treat depression. (npr.org)
Dogs
- There is a big geographic difference in adoptable dogs in the U.S. (time.com)
- Vaccine hesitancy has come for dog owners. (nytimes.com)
- Don't forget that pets generate waste. (newscientist.com)
Food
- A Q&A with Dan Saladino's author of "Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them." (vox.com)
- Reducing food waste will require a range of solutions, including upcycling. (modernfarmer.com)
- How 'Too Good to Go' looks to reduce food waste. (modernfarmer.com)
- Carl Icahn has a problem with McDonald's ($MCD) pork sourcing. (wsj.com)
- There is a looming wasabi shortage. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- The challenges of being sober in a world of drinkers. (thecut.com)
- Millennials are not that interested in wine. (nytimes.com)
- Why Keurig's cocktail machine failed. (marker.medium.com)
- How to do work events sans alcohol. (protocol.com)
Media
- Why comedy streaming service Seeso failed. (vulture.com)
- Disney ($DIS) now has at least 130 million subscribers. (variety.com)
Pickleball
- In praise of pickleball. (vox.com)
- More signs that America has gone pickleball crazy. (sfchronicle.com)
Sports
- How the ManningCast is transforming broadcast sports. (variety.com)
- Tom Brady is at the forefront of turning his fame into equity. (frontofficesports.com)
- Vail Resorts pass holders are none too happy this season. (outsideonline.com)
- SoFI Stadium looks cool. (fastcompany.com)
MBA
- Companies that have done best the past couple of years are hiring new MBAs. (ft.com)
- Why Harvard Business School continues to the case method of teaching. (bloomberg.com)
- There is no perfect time getting an MBA. (ft.com)
College
- Why quarters are better than semesters. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How to support the hiring of first-gen college graduates. (hbr.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: a cure worse than the disease. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the economics of immigration. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The upside of creating something everyday. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What we can from Mackenzie Scott about donating money with intention. (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)
