Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related stuff we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here.
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Quote of the Day
"The flawed theory is that A+ students become good leaders. There’s no reason to think that this should be true."
(Seth Godin)
Autos
- The Nissan Leaf was an EV innovator. The company wants to get sales back on track. (ft.com)
- Are Uber ($UBER) and Lyft ($LYFT) wrong to have one-size-fits-all solutions for each city? (venturebeat.com)
- These guys just drove across the country in 27 hours and 25 minutes in a souped-up E63 AMG. (roadandtrack.com)
Energy
- The energy transition can't happen with financing. (theenergytransition.org)
- How farmers are using food waste to generate electricity. (npr.org)
Environment
- Climate models have done a pretty good job of predicting global warming. (mashable.com)
- Thee 2010s are the hottest decade on record. (washingtonpost.com)
- Some cities will seem like 'climate refuges' as the planet warms. (citylab.com)
- The world is facing a shortage of sand. (axios.com)
Water
- Chicago is having to deal with rising lake levels. (scientificamerican.com)
- The Florida Keys is on the frontlines of climate change and its impact on residents. (nytimes.com)
- Cities are more precisely mapping their flood plains and getting residents to abandon indefensible areas. (washingtonpost.com)
Travel
- There is only so much airlines can do with their current fleets to reduce emissions. (wsj.com)
- Why airlines are rushing to add premium economy seats. (ft.com)
- Garmin-designed Autoland will help land small planes in an emergency. (insidehook.com)
- The FAA is going to test whether cramped airline seats are a safety risk. (axios.com)
- Want a cheap airline ticket? Look for market with a new entrant. (wsj.com)
Transport
- Cargo bikes are the new delivery trucks. (nytimes.com)
- Cities and states are looking for alternatives to rock salt to keep roads safe in the winter. (wsj.com)
- Half of all trips in Copenhagen occur by bicycle. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- 35 years of submarine cables in one map. (visualcapitalist.com)
- What does Chrome's incognito mode actually do? (bdtechtalks.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) highlights the best apps of 2019. (engadget.com)
- There is only so much you can do to recycle a computer. (ft.com)
The brain
- How the brain can re-wire itself after half of it is removed. (nytimes.com)
- Researcher are only now dealing with gender differences when it comes to concussions. (digg.com)
- Social scientist are just as biased as the rest of us. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Brett Steenbarger, "The unexpected benefits of aerobic exercise, yoga, and similar disciplines may arise from their ability to provide similar corrective emotional experiences, albeit outside of a therapeutic relationship." (forbes.com)
- Those left behind by suicide are left with unfathomable grief. (wsj.com)
Health
- "A person’s cholesterol levels before the age of 45 can predict their lifetime risk of developing cardiovascular disease." (newscientist.com)
- Brush your teeth to protect your heart. (sciencedaily.com)
- Exercise, and keep exercising, as you age. (nytimes.com)
Medicine
- The introduction of oxycontin was a big driver of the opioid epidemic. (nber.org)
- Influenza is off to a fast start this year in the US. (statnews.com)
- There are a lot of drivers of pain, many of which that are situational. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- What is the 'nocebo' effect? (elemental.medium.com)
Sleep
- Why everyone should sleep alone in their own bed. (theatlantic.com)
- How sleep became a 'semi-pop lifestyle trend.' (wired.com)
- Sleep and anxiety are all tangled up together. (bigthink.com)
Food
- Fake food trucks are now a thing. (nytimes.com)
- Have we reached 'Peak Seltzer' in 2019? (eater.com)
- Why 'fake meat' is no panacea. (wired.com)
- Bakeries are downsizing loaves of bread. (wsj.com)
- Why food researchers are storing the seeds of wild relatives of popular foods. (newscientist.com)
- Delivery-only kitchens are the future. (npr.org)
Drink
- How gin made a comeback. (newyorker.com)
- Constellation Brands ($STZ) is dumping Ballast Point. (marketwatch.com)
- Whiskey makers have a sustainability problem. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
- Spent brewing grain could be used to generate heat. (modernfarmer.com)
Dogs
- "Dogs pay much closer attention to what humans say than we realised, even to words that are probably meaningless to them." (newscientist.com)
- Can your dog pass a co-op board review? (wsj.com)
TV
- The best TV episodes of 2019. (theringer.com)
- The 10 best TV shows of 2019. (slate.com)
- The best TV shows of 2019. (theringer.com)
- The 10 best TV shows of the past decade. (esquire.com)
- The best non-Netflix shows now on Netflix ($NFLX). (variety.com)
- The 25 best episodes of TV from the past decade. (buzzfeednews.com)
- The most popular TV shows visualized from 1986 to 2019. (kottke.org)
Music
- The best songs of 2019. (gq.com)
- The best albums of 2019. (variety.com)
- The best albums of 2019. (theringer.com)
- The best albums of 2019. (nytimes.com)
- The 50 best albums of 2019. (pastemagazine.com)
- 21 of our favorite albums of 2019. (gq.com)
- The best music of 2019 (and the decade). (newyorker.com)
- The 100 best albums of the 2010s. (rollingstone.com)
Sports
- Was Juventus' acquisition of Ronaldo worth it? (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- How MLB tests its pitch tracking technology. (technology.mlblogs.com)
- NBA ratings are down in 2019. (axios.com)
Children
- You have to be willing to let your kids walk away from activities. (washingtonpost.com)
- Don't let anyone else judge the decisions around work and child care. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Kids don't know what to do with cash anymore - they prefer apps. (wsj.com)
College
- How college got turned into a luxury good. (tonyisola.com)
- Income-share agreements are garnering more attention. (washingtonpost.com)
- Ten fixes for the college admissions mess. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: narrative and meme. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday links. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the daily news grind. (abnormalreturns.com)
- ESG links: lacking prediction power. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Your harshest critic lives in your house and prevents you from making progress toward your goals. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Cultivating passion and purpose in your life. (abnormalreturns.com)
