The Bed of Procrustes
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About this book
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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4.0/5 · 74 readers · 128 pages · ≈ 2 h 22 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Bed of Procrustes?
About ≈ 2 h 22 m — 128 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Bed of Procrustes?
128 pages in its most-read edition.
Who wrote The Bed of Procrustes?
Nassim Nicholas Taleb.