The Resource The bed of Procrustes : philosophical and practical aphorisms, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The bed of Procrustes : philosophical and practical aphorisms, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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- Summary
- By the author of the modern classis The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect. 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 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. Playful and irreverent, these aphorisms will surprise you by exposing self-delusions you have been living with but never recognized. With 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
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- 9781596597228
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- The bed of Procrustes : philosophical and practical aphorisms
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- The bed of Procrustes
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- philosophical and practical aphorisms
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- by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- By the author of the modern classis The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect. 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 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. Playful and irreverent, these aphorisms will surprise you by exposing self-delusions you have been living with but never recognized. With 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
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- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
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- Read by Sean Pratt
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- The bed of Procrustes : philosophical and practical aphorisms, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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- Duration: 01:41:37
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- Label
- The bed of Procrustes : philosophical and practical aphorisms, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Note
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- Duration: 01:41:37
- Unabridged
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
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- not applicable
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- unknown
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- spoken word
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- spw
- Content type MARC source
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- ocn811257681
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- Extent
- 1 sound file (1 hr., 41 min., 37 sec.)
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- unknown
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- online
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- Isbn
- 9781596597228
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- not applicable
- Kind of material
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- unknown
- Media category
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- rdamedia.
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- remote
- other
- Speed
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- Stock number
- 536F6D21-AB28-40B8-80B4-D4D79CCA0250
- System control number
- (OCoLC)811257681
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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