[PDF.33wg] The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

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 | #1681106 in Books |  2011-11-08 | Formats: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged | Original language:English | PDF # 2 |  5.75 x.50 x5.00l,.20 | Running time: 120 minutes | Binding: Audio CD

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Practical philosophy|By C. D. Varn|Taleb has made a living showing lack of robustness and fragility in our use of knowledge. Indeed, Taleb's discussion and prediction of the fiscal crises of the late aughts was totally earned, and he was aptly able to show in "The Black Swan" and "Fooled by Randomness" that epistemological humility was direly needed in both science reporting an

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 th...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms   |  Nassim Nicholas Taleb.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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