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This book by the famous philosopher Nassim Taleb is written in an aphoristic style. The title is taken from a Greek myth that describes a robber who would lure guests, put them in his bed, and lengthen or cut off their legs to make them fit perfectly into the bed. Using this image, Taleb mocks modern society: modifying people to meet the demands of technology, blaming reality for not wanting to conform to the economic model, inventing diseases to sell cures for them, and ultimately defining intelligence as something that can be measured in school.

The author reveals these aspects in a playful style, combined with wisdom and intelligence, showing how often we are wrong without realising it.

Nassim Taleb is a Lebanese-American author, scientist, former trader and stock analyst, mathematician and philosopher. He is a graduate of the Sorbonne and the Wharton School of Business. He is the author of the bestselling Incerto series of four books: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Procrustean Bed, and Fragility. Taleb has consistently refused awards that he has been given because he believes they turn knowledge into a sporting event.