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The Bed of Procrustes

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A collection of philosophical aphorisms exploring antifragility, uncertainty, ethics, and the human tendency to force reality to fit our models.

The surest sign of a charlatan is to have a theory for everything.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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A collection of philosophical aphorisms exploring antifragility, uncertainty, ethics, and the human tendency to force reality to fit our models.

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A collection of philosophical aphorisms exploring antifragility, uncertainty, ethics, and the human tendency to force reality to fit our models rather than the other way around.

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