The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms PG_Gift_Guide but a special blend of

but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit

NEBULA AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Tordotcom • The New York Public Library • BookRiot

author of Black Leopard

1893: Zofia Turbotynska—professor’s wife

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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms PG_Gift_Guide but a special blend ofThe Bed of Procrustes is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Talebs landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision making in a world we dont understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game. By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas