Procrustean bed. Philosophical and life aphorisms

This book by the famous philosopher Nassim Taleb is written in an aphoristic style. The title is taken from a Greek myth that describes a robber who lured guests, put them in his bed and lengthened or cut off their legs so that they would fit “perfectly” on this bed. Using this image, Taleb ridicules modern society: the modification of people at the request of technology, the accusation that reality does not want to conform to the established economic model, the invention of diseases in order to sell medicines for them and, finally, the definition of intelligence as something that can be measured in school.

The author reveals these aspects in a playful style combined with wisdom and intelligence, showing how often we make mistakes without noticing it ourselves.