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The guinea pig diaries : my life as an experiment / A.J. Jacobs.

Author: Jacobs, A. J., 1968- author.

Note: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.

Note: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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