Best of the Web: Vol. 6
Maybe no giant’s too big to hit after all.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Welcome to our monthly news roundup, Best of the Web, a curation of curious content you may have missed lately. There’s only one house rule: No religion, no politics.
If you know of a great website, podcast, shop or anything else a man of taste would enjoy, drop us a line at info@crownshavingco.com. There’s a chance we’ll publish your recommendation. And if you like, we’ll even give you a shout-out right here on this blog.
Men’s Grooming
Men’s Grooming Products Made For A $52.7 Billion Dollar Industry From 2018 to 2021, And They’re Calling For Even More Growth Ahead
Global business research firm, Research and Marketing, just published some promising news for folks like us. Based on their findings from 2018 to 2021, men’s grooming products made for a $52.7 billion dollar industry worldwide.
And they’re predicting the market to grow by another 5.2% in the next five years.
(Via EIN Presswire and Research and Markets)
Business
How America’s Biggest Bank Got Fleeced By Frank, A College Financial Aid Pitch-Turned-Scam.
You just know when JPMorgan admits to getting scammed, something nasty must have went down. The culprit? Frank, a financial aid company that promised to streamline the money part for young people seeking a post-secondary education.
Fake customer lists. Psychological manipulation. Two would-be masterminds who almost pulled it off.
This one has it all, don’t miss it.
(Via The New York Times)
Win In Business By Thinking Like Ancient Battle Master, Sun Tzu.
It’s about time videos like this started popping up.
Acclaimed business strategy advisor, Roger Martin, outlines how four of Sun Tzu’s battle principles can help business leaders kick way more ass.
(Via Big Think)
If You’d Bought $100 Worth of McDonalds’ Stock 15 Years Ago, Here’s What You’d Have Today.
If you didn’t buy then, are you sure you want to look?
(Via Benzinga)
Technology
Animal Testing For Drugs May Soon Be A Thing Of The Past
Can you hear that? That’s all the champagne bottles PETA are popping right now.
And rightfully so, if you ask us.
(Via USA Today)
Text-Generating Chatbots Are Getting Bamboozled Into Writing Essays
You knew this was going to happen.
The best part was when the reporter asked the computer to write a 500-word essay on whether or not targeted checks for drugs and such should go down in schools, and the thing went ahead and whipped one up.
(Via NECN.com)
Arts & Popular Culture
British Thespian, Henry Cavill, Will No Longer Play Superman
In what was the most son-of-a-bitch news we’ve read in a while, DC Comics and Warner Bros. have officially told English actor, Henry Cavill, to pack his cape—the suits upstairs want a new Superman for their cinematic universe.
All the geeks loved this guy. All the ladies loved this guy.
Heads will be scratched.
(Via Digital Spy)
Health
Recent Research Shows It’s Better to Lift Hard One Session, Then Not So Much The Next
To those who lift, it behooves you to know something called “periodization.” It’s all about keeping your muscles guessing, It’ll help you hit the goals that elude you, and you’ll probably get jacked applying it.
(Via Science Alert)
It’s Happening: Ontario Expands Its For-Profit Health Care
If you’re an Ontarian, things just got a little more interesting.
Also, B.C.’s heading the exact opposite way.
(Via The Globe & Mail)
Sports
The Detroit Lions Are Finally Good Again
Henceforth, woe to those who count out the new and improved, Detroit Lions.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A few years ago, when the Buffalo Bills had finally shed their demons and reclaimed their long-lost pedigree of the ‘90s, everyone turned their gaze to the Motor City to see if the Detroit Lions could follow suit.
It took them a little while, but thanks to a man named Dan Campbell and a rising impetuousness that won’t yield, the cats are back.
(Via — of all places — The Guardian)