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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical AphorismsBed 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 world we don't 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 in
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 world we don't 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 in ways you least expect. The Bed of Procrustes 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's view of modern civilization's hubristic side effects--modifying 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. Playful and irreverent, these aphorisms will surprise you by exposing self-delusions you have been living with but never recognized. With a rare combination of pointed wit and potent wisdom, Taleb plows through human illusions, contrasting the classical values of courage, elegance, and erudition against the modern diseases of nerdiness, philistinism, and phoniness. "Taleb's crystalline nuggets of thought stand alone like esoteric poems."--Financial TimesBinding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 10/25/2016
ISBN: 9780812982404
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.40d
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★★★★★ 5
Very good perspective on Ephesians
Format: Kindle
For many years much of Christianity has looked to the book of Romans as the best book to help us to understand the gospel. Here N.T. Wright walks us through the suggestion that perhaps Ephesians is a better communicator of the Gospel. This is a great book to challenge you and expand your perspective of Ephesians.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Excellent exposition on this epistle
Format: Hardcover
I would recommend to anyone who wants to increase their understanding of what it means to be Christian and a part of the Christian church today.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Great book, substandard printing
Format: Hardcover
Really enjoyed this book. Very well written and presented. The concepts presented are very thought provoking. My only complaint is that the book is cheaply printed and bound (hard-cover). For the price, I expected a much higher quality product. The first page was partially glued to the cover, the paper is rough in texture and feels cheap. The cover is not well bonded to the pages with obvious gaps when the book is fully opened.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Excellent
Format: Hardcover
NT Wright is being NT Wright. An excellent commentary.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Brilliant
Format: Kindle
I just love NT Wright. If you’ve read anything he’s written before then you know he’s big on believers being agents of new creation in this world. The phrase he repeats over and over in this book is “small working models of new creation.” Ephesians is about how God has rescued us in the Messiah and made us new humans so we can display what new creation looks like to a watching world. The church is God’s new temple - the place where heaven and earth meet and from where God’s glory spreads to bring renewal like the river in Ezekiel. Our vocation is to do good works that display God’s creativity and cause people to be amazed at His redeeming love. Our unity in diversity, our mutual submission, and our work in the world are all to have this one goal - displaying God’s glory.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2026