Thomas
11. okt. 2021
Legend.
4
Økonomi og ledelse
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.
© 2010 Ascent Audio (Lydbok): 9781596597228
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 14. desember 2010
Tagger
4
Økonomi og ledelse
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.
© 2010 Ascent Audio (Lydbok): 9781596597228
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 14. desember 2010
Tagger
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Thomas
11. okt. 2021
Legend.
Arun
16. sep. 2022
Like the author says “there are some books that you can summarise to zero pages - this is one such book”
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15. jun. 2021
Another good book by Nasim Taleb. He’s often quite thought provoking.
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Thomas
11. okt. 2021
Legend.
Arun
16. sep. 2022
Like the author says “there are some books that you can summarise to zero pages - this is one such book”
Non
15. jun. 2021
Another good book by Nasim Taleb. He’s often quite thought provoking.
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