6/24/2023 0 Comments The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs![]() ![]() A previous article, " I Think You're Fat," chronicled a brief, cringe-inducing attempt to live his life in Radical Honesty, telling all the truth, all the time. For his widely circulated Esquire article, " My Outsourced Life," he explored the phenomenon of outsourcing by hiring a team in Bangalore to take care of every part of his life - from reading his emails to arguing with his wife to reading bedtime stories to his own son. Stubbornly curious and slyly perceptive, he takes immersive learning to its irrational and profoundly amusing extreme - extracting wisdom and meaning after long stints as a self-styled guinea pig. Jacobs's writings stand at the intersection of philosophy, Gonzo journalism and performance art. ![]()
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