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The Bed of Procrustes
Philosophy
Taleb's collection of maxims on fragility, modernity, and the arrogance of the highly educated—written in the classical tradition of La Rochefoucauld. Naval highlights it as a companion to the Incerto: shorter than Antifragile but sharpest on the intellectual vanity that blinds people to tail risk.
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Naval Ravikant
Listed as part of Naval's deep Taleb recommendation; he values the aphoristic format as the right container for truths that resist linear argument.