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By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses Taleb's view of modern civilization'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
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The Bed of Procrustes, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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- Released
- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 112
- ISBN10
- 1846144582
- ISBN13
- 9781846144585
- Series
- Incerto
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Business, Business & Management, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Economics, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Finance, Aphorisms
- First published
- 2010
- Original title
- The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses Taleb's view of modern civilization'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