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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

It makes absolute sense to practice what you know, and what you're passionate about. €�The bed of Procrustes: philosophical and practical aphorisms” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I picked up this book simply because it was by Nassim Taleb, and I wasn't the least disappointed. The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms | Books. The second is Nassim Nicholas Taleb's short book of aphorisms — The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms. And so it was when I bought Nassim Nicolas Taleb's latest book, Bed of Procrustes. Taleb is an enjoyable and insightful writer in general. At the same Instead, the goal is likely to be expertise, factual knowledge, or practical tips on how to get ahead. Since it is a book of As with Nietzsche, embracing the encapsulated form of the aphorism expresses an attitude towards knowledge of the human condition: as much a rejection of helpless formal systems in philosophy as of false precision in social science. Nassim's ability to articulate things that you already think of and know (but don't know that you know) is simply unmatched. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness, also writes aphorisms, which he has collected in the recently released The Bed of Procrustes: Practical and Philosophical Aphorisms.