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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on avoiding road rage while riding a bike

Fooled by Randomness

I do not think I am reasonable enough to avoid getting angry when a discourteous driver blows his horn at me for being one nanosecond late after a traffic light turns green. I am fully aware that such anger is self-destructive and offers no benefit, and that if I were to develop anger for every idiot around me doing something of the sort, I would be long dead. Continue reading →

in Marginalia | 339 Words | Comment

The Biking Gods Must Be Crazy

The Black Swan—an Anchor-branded Bridgestone touring bike—photographed on a footbridge along Commonwealth Avenue.

The Black Swan—an Anchor-branded Bridgestone touring bike—photographed on a footbridge along Commonwealth Avenue.

The Biking Gods must be crazy.

If not, they’ve certainly been passive-aggressive.

Because that’s exactly how I feel about them nowadays.

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in Travels with my angst | 893 Words | 3 Comments

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