{"id":8246,"date":"2019-02-10T19:07:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T01:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2019-02-10T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T01:07:32","slug":"the-bed-of-procrustes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=8246","title":{"rendered":"THE BED OF PROCRUSTES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Bed of Procrustes<\/span><\/i> takes its title from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs. It represents Taleb\u2019s view of modern civilization\u2019s hubristic side effects\u2014modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not slavery.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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From Me:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Insightful<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Entertaining<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Overstated<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Lots to ponder<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Some to dismiss<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Glad I read<\/strong><\/div>\n
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