The bed of Procrustes : philosophical and practical aphorisms /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2010]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 112 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781400069972 (alk. paper) 1400069971 (alk. paper) 9780679643685 (ebook) 0679643680 (ebook) |