Saturday links: in the present moment
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
14 hours ago
4 MIN READ
Autos
- How Detroit markets pickup trucks to people who don’t really need pickup trucks. (nytimes.com)
- Americans are keeping their cars longer than ever. (wsj.com)
- Why the U.S. fell behind in EV adoption. (econofact.org)
- Why hybrid sales are surging. (wsj.com)
- So are sedans. (sherwood.news)
Transport
- How robotaxi companies deal with ‘edge cases.’ (wsj.com)
- Some farmers don’t want or need high tech tractors. (404media.co)
- Why all commercial aircraft don’t yet have Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B. (wsj.com)
Energy
- The world should be taking advantage of China’s largesse when it comes to solar panels. (ft.com)
- How to think about land use and solar. (theconversation.com)
- India has embraced solar. (grist.org)
- How plug-in solar works. (wsj.com)
- Bury those power lines! (grist.org)
Animals
- People love looking at fireflies. (wsj.com)
- How pigeons find their way home. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Deterring sharks isn’t easy. (wsj.com)
Apple
- PC makers are now targeting the Macbook Neo. (wired.com)
- A review of Geoffrey Cain’s latest book, “Steve Jobs in Exile.” (arstechnica.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) isn’t going to buy Perplexity. (daringfireball.net)
Behavior
- Why middle aged men are more at risk of suicide. (anthonybbradley.substack.com)
- Derek Thompson talks with Laurie Santos about the loneliness crisis. (derekthompson.org)
- On the downsides of remote work. (scientificamerican.com)
- How EMDR therapy works. (wsj.com)
- How catastrophizing comes at us. (yearofmentalhealth.com)
- On the power of overcoming friction. (twopct.com)
- Just invite people over. (theatlantic.com)
Ebola
- How Ebola kills. (npr.org)
- Moderna ($MRNA) gets $50 million to develop mRNA Ebola vaccine against Bundibugyo. (arstechnica.com)
Melanoma
- How mRNA vaccines are being used to treat melanoma. (npr.org)
- How melanoma spreads at different ages. (sciencedaily.com)
Cancer
- Revolution Medicines ($RVMD) has the biggest breakthrough in pancreatic cancer, ever. (yahoo.com)
- Roche used to dominate the cancer market. No more. (giftarticle.ft.com)
Health
- The raft of medical innovations announced recently have been years in the making. (axios.com)
- Researchers are testing a universal coronavirus vaccine. (sciencedaily.com)
- The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel is a co-author on a new paper promoting ivermectin as a cancer treatment. (importantcontext.news)
- The Office of Human Research Protections has largely been defunded. (statnews.com)
- U.S. cigarette smoking has hit an all-time low. (apnews.com)
Drink
- Canned cocktails are gaining share. (theatlantic.com)
- Scotch, an AI startup, wants to remake liquor retailing. (news.crunchbase.com)
Cattle
- The screwworm is back in the U.S. (axios.com)
- Ranchers have problems on top of the screwworm. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Hershey’s ($HSY) makes bank marketing s’mores. (fooddive.com)
- Higher scotch bonnet prices mean higher hot sauce prices. (semafor.com)
- Belgium has a surplus of potatoes. (nytimes.com)
- Why 7 Brew seems to be everywhere these days. (cnn.com)
- The foreign food chains that have come to NYC. (listomania.substack.com)
- Americans want farm animals to be treated humanely. (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
- Why should Hollywood learn from the success of ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’? (slate.com)
- People now watch YouTube more than Netflix in average daily viewing time. (mediaplaynews.com)
Sports
- What a run to the NBA Finals is worth for the Knicks. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Ohio State is setting cases regarding sexual abuse by former OSU sports medicine and team doctor Richard Strauss. (sportico.com)
College
- Finance is the top career choice of university students and recent graduates. (thinkadvisor.com)
- Why colleges are reluctant to crack down on (AI) cheating. (freddiedeboer.substack.com)
- Why every college graduate should read Benjamin Todd’s newly updated book, “80,000 Hours.” (marginalrevolution.com)
Children
- How the OBBBA undermines public schools. (slate.com)
- Estonia gave all its 11th and 12th graders a free ChatGPT account. (semafor.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Saying no to algorithmic slop. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Brett Steenbarger, “In all areas of life, the greatest returns come from well thought out, meaningful investments and the ability to commit to those.” (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- LinkedIn is now the province of influencers. (nytimes.com)
- Why VCs look for founders with ‘heart in the game.’ (hunterwalk.com)
- You don’t have to yield to the machines. (theconvivialsociety.substack.com)
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