The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

The Bed of Procrustes is a collection of aphorisms by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, part of his Incerto series. It covers philosophical and practical insights on uncertainty, randomness, and human nature, drawing on the Greek myth of Procrustes—the story of a rogue who made his victims fit his bed by stretching or cutting their limbs.