The Bed of Procrustes
Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
1st ed.
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Word Count
28,000 words, Guess
Page Count
112 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebedofprocrustesp00tale
- Internet Archivebedprocrustesphi00tale
- ISBN-139781400069972
- ISBN-101400069971
- Library of Congress Control Number2010036866
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number663822337
- Better World Books9781400069972
- Open LibraryOL24494996M
Classifications
- DDC818/.602
- LCCPN6271 .T35 2011
- LCCPN6271.T35 2011
and 1 more
- LCCPN6271 .T35 2010
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.
Other Editions
- The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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