The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Pratt, Sean (Ausw.)
- ISBN: 978-1-59659-761-7
- EAN: 9781596597617
- Produktnummer: 11306010
- Verlag: Gildan Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Masse: H13.9 cm x B12.7 cm x D1.5 cm 109 g; 104 Min.
- Gewicht: 109
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