The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Taleb's The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (Incerto) is a departure from his previous books.  It is a collection of parables about a wide range of topics.  The author recommends reading a few of these brief bits of zen-like wisdom a day and pondering the implications.

I found the sum of his concise brief thoughts to be a mixed bag but often thought provoking. These thoughts provided the germs for the ideas that were fully explored in his book Anti-Fragile - Things that Gain from Disorder.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb answers 10 questions - 6 minutes

Animated version of the Bed of Procrustes  - 7 minutes