The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms - philosophical and practical aphorisms
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House Publishing Group (2010)
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Aphorisms And Apothegms, Business & Economics / General, Business & Economics / Management, Human Behavior/ Quotations, Maxims, Etc
e-Book 9781400069972
English
By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect. The Bed of Procrustestakes its title from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs. It represents Taleb#x19;s view of modern civilization#x19;s hubristic side effects-modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not slavery. Playful and irreverent, these aphorisms will surprise you by exposing self-delusions you have been living with but never recognized. With a rare combination of pointed wit and potent wisdom, Taleb plows through human illusions, contrasting the classical values of courage, elegance, and erudition against the modern diseases of nerdiness, philistinism, and phoniness.
Product Details
LoC Classification PN6271 .T35 2010
Dewey 818/.602
Cover Price £13.01
No. of Pages 128
Height x Width 210 x 139  mm
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