The Bed of Procrustes

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.

Year

2016

Language

English

Publisher

Random House

Editions

9

Reader rating

4.0 / 5 (9)

Pages

156

ISBN

9780812982404

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