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001 2009024129
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008 090612s2009 nyua b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9781416599067 :$c$25.00
020 $a1416599061 :$c$25.00
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn298776775
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050 00 $aPN6231.6142$b.J33 2009
082 00 $a814/.6$222
082 00 $a817.6$222
100 1 $aJacobs, A. J.,$d1968-
245 14 $aThe guinea pig diaries :$bmy life as an experiment /$cA.J. Jacobs.
246 30 $aMy life as an experiment
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2009.
300 $axiv, 236 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-234).
520 $aA.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.
505 0 $aMy 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.
650 0 $aConduct of life$vHumor.
650 0 $aSelf-actualization (Psychology)$vHumor.