Why are we so often unwilling to accept that life is unpredictable? In this book, the author distils his idiosyncratic wisdom to demolish our illusions, contrasting the classical values of courage, el
By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect. The Bed of Procrustes takes its title from Greek my
The Bed of Procrustes is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a
Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand, in nono
本書為現代經典《黑天鵝效應》作者塔雷伯的警語錄。透過這些如珠妙語和思想結晶,他以最令人拍案驚奇的方式呈現出自己的中心思想。 原文書名《普洛克拉斯提之床》(The Bed of Procrustes)取自希臘神話:普洛克拉斯提是一位國王,為了讓床符合客人的身長,把太高的人雙腿截短,把太矮的人身體拉長。故事聽來不可思議,在塔雷伯看來,卻正是某些現代文明發展的縮影──改變人類行為以適應科技、將經濟危機
The landmark five-book investigation of uncertainty, chance, volatility, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand--now in a beautifully designed, cloth-bound hardcover boxed set.Nassim