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Robert JA Basilio Jr

Robert JA Basilio Jr

Biking, Fast and Slow

“Our minds are in the business of turning history into something smooth and linear, which makes us underestimate randomness.”

Oct 25, 2015

Biking, Fast and Slow

Oct 25, 2015

Robert JA Basilio Jr

Thanks but no thanks

One morning, I heard my name being called out. Fortunately, it wasn’t the police. I wasn’t being arrested. Nor was anyone asking me to wave…

Aug 15, 2015

Thanks but no thanks

Aug 15, 2015

Robert JA Basilio Jr

Ten books I can’t finish reading

(This is part of my #30dayblogging challenge and I already skipped yesterday. Challenge unmet. Oh well.)

Oct 26, 2014

Oct 26, 2014

Robert JA Basilio Jr

The ghosts of Yolanda (and other aberrations of public transport in Tacloban)

By Robert JA Basilio Jr.

Oct 26, 2014

The ghosts of Yolanda (and other aberrations of public transport in Tacloban)

Oct 26, 2014

Robert JA Basilio Jr

Biking to work goes big time in Tacloban

During Yolanda, bikers were the first to get relief, aid

May 29, 2014

Biking to work goes big time in Tacloban

May 29, 2014

Robert JA Basilio Jr

How biking almost turned me into a middle-aged hipster

(Or how biking changed my life)

Feb 24, 2014

How biking almost turned me into a middle-aged hipster

Feb 24, 2014

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Taleb on the condom

As cited in Chapter 20 of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Jun 6, 2013

Taleb on the condom

Jun 6, 2013

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Taibbi on how protests can be safely ignored

From Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season by Matt Taibbi

May 23, 2013

Taibbi on how protests can be safely ignored

May 23, 2013

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Weinberger on knowledge

From Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger, Holt 2008

May 19, 2013

May 19, 2013

Robert JA Basilio Jr

Think global, act local.

May 5, 2013

Think global, act local.

May 5, 2013

Robert JA Basilio Jr

Robert JA Basilio Jr

I’m not an actor. I’m not a star. And I don’t even have my own car. But I have a blog: http://www.jackthescribbler.com

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