Bibframe Work

Title

My life as an experiment

Type

Text

Monograph

Contribution

Jacobs, A. J., 1968- (contributor)

Subject

Conduct of life--Humor (LCSH)

Self-actualization (Psychology)--Humor (LCSH)

Language

English (eng)

Illustrative Content

illustrations

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Classification

LCC: PN6231.C6142 J33 2009 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

DDC: 814/.6 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 22)

Supplementary Content

bibliography (bibliography)

Content

text (txt)

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

My life as a beautiful woman

My outsourced life

I think you're fat

240 minutes of fame

The rationality project

The truth about nakedness

What would George Washington do?

The unitasker

Whipped.

Authorized Access Point

Jacobs, A. J., 1968- My life as an experiment