My life as an experiment : one man's humble quest to improve himself by living as a woman, becoming George Washington, telling no lies, add other radical tests
(2010)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
814.6/JACOBS,A

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 814.6/JACOBS,A Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010
EDITION
First Simon and Schuster trade paperback edition
DESCRIPTION

xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781439104996, 1439104999 :, 1439104999, 9781439104996
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Previously published as The guinea pig diaries--Title page & cover

A.J. explores the big issues of our time--happiness, dating, morality, marriage--by immersing himself in eye-opening situations. In his role as human guinea pig, Jacobs fearlessly takes on a series of life-altering challenges that provides readers with equal parts insight and humor. (And drives his patient wife, Julie, to the brink of insanity.) Among the many adventures: He outsources his life to a team of people in Bangalore, India. He spends a month practicing Radical Honesty, in which you say what's on your mind. He goes to the Academy Awards disguised as a movie star, to understand the strange and warping effects of fame. He commits himself to ultimate rationality, using cutting-edge science to make the best decisions possible. He attempts to follow George Washington's rules of life. And, for a month, he followed his wife's every whim.--From publisher description

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