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> At one point he was planning to publish a book of his own aphorisms, as quoted by himself, while he is still alive. He did, it's called "The Bed of Procrust
by ambivalence 9y ago
> At one point he was planning to publish a book of his own aphorisms, as quoted by himself, while he is still alive.
He did, it's called "The Bed of Procrustes". I quite enjoyed it, there's quite a few brilliant thoughts there, even though they're sprinkled between countless cheap shots against his enemies.
- gxs 9y agoI found this: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/21/bed-of-procrustes-digested-read https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/21/bed-of-procrus... Does he go into detail about these in his book? Some of these are clever but did he write some substance behind these quips? Asking, not accusing.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoI believe that review is actually not quoting the book, but rather pretending to be in character as Taleb and making things up to mock him.