ASB Partners Nuggets 9.27.24

This is a short weekly email that covers a few things I’ve found interesting during the week.

Interesting Links/Reads

1. SEC Charges Investment Manager for Biblewashing

   

   2. California Bill will require new cars to be equipped with in-car speed warning devcies

      Now California is looking to emulate the EU with legislation that would mandate in-car speed-warning devices. The bill, SB 961, aims to make such systems standard in the Golden State by requiring just about every 2030 model-year vehicle equipped with either GPS or a front-facing camera to also have visual and audio warnings when driving more than 10 mph over the speed limit. Provisions within the bill would ensure that drivers can fully disable the systems.

      3.How a Surfer Who Never Finished College Became a Biotech Billionaire

      There is a myth that making money in biotechnology stocks requires an advanced degree. But Bob Duggan, an avid surfer who never graduated from college, has proven that notion wrong. Twice.

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Podcast/Videos

Reforming medicine: uncovering blind spots, challenging the norm, and embracing innovation | Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H.

Some highlights

• How a non-operative treatment for appendicitis sheds light on cognitive dissonance [7:00]

• How misguided peanut allergy recommendations created an epidemic [17:45]

• The enduring impact of misinformation and fear-based messaging around hormone replacement therapy allegedly causing breast cancer [25:15]

• The overuse of antibiotics and the rise of antibiotic resistant infections and poor gut health [33:45]

• The historical and evolving trends in childbirth and C-section rates [50:15]

• Rethinking ovarian cancer: recent data challenging decades of medical practice and leading to new preventive measures [1:05:30]

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I hope you enjoyed it.

Adam