{"product_id":"the-bed-of-procrustes-philosophical-and-practical-aphorisms-paperback","title":"The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNassim Nicholas Taleb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bed of Procrustes \u003c\/i\u003eis a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are \u003ci\u003eFooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Antifragile, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSkin in the Game.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the author of the modern classic \u003ci\u003eThe Black Swan\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bed of Procrustes\u003c\/i\u003e 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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlayful and irreverent, these aphorisms will surprise you by exposing self-delusions you have been living with but never recognized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Taleb's crystalline nuggets of thought stand alone like esoteric poems.\"--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNassim Nicholas Taleb\u003c\/b\u003e has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, and knowledge. He spent nearly two decades as a businessman and quantitative trader before becoming a full-time philosophical essayist and academic researcher in 2006. Although he spends most of his time in the intense seclusion of his study, or as a flâneur meditating in cafés, he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University's Polytechnic Institute. His main subject matter is \"decision making under opacity\"--that is, a map and a protocol on how we should live in a world we don't understand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taleb's books have been published in forty-one languages.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757756514592,"sku":"9780812982404","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/efcd600725aa486132646ca9d97dbf29.webp?v=1780111041","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bed-of-procrustes-philosophical-and-practical-aphorisms-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}