The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Incerto #3

Nassim Nicholas Taleb with Sean Pratt (Narrator)

1 hour, 41 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction business philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Bed of Procrustes takes 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 Nassim Nicholas Taleb's view of modern civilization's hu...

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