Taleb, N: The Bed of Procrustes

Produktbeschreibung

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, elegance and erudition against modern philistinism and phoniness. It features a collection of aphorisms to help you navigate the modern world. 

Kritik

Like Twain and Wilde before him, Taleb eats paradoxes for breakfast...The aphorism is Taleb to a tee. It showcases his wit and learning, and provides ways to fillet his enemies. All his usual suspects are present to be corrected: bankers, fools, politicians, journalists...Present, too, are his heroes: the curious, the intellectually anarchistic, the idle philosopher. James Kidd Independent on Sunday 

Autoreninfo

Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, geboren im Libanon, ist Finanzmathematiker, philosophischer Essayist und Forscher in den Bereichen Risiko und Zufall. Seine Einsichten bezieht er in erster Linie aus einer 20-jährigen Tätigkeit im Handel mit Derivaten. Taleb lebt in New York, wo er Mathematik an der New York University lehrt.