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A review by stephybara
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs
4.0
February 19 to 20, 2011, from the library.
This is a collection of articles, each devoted to a shorter-term "experiment" in his own life. These include:
-outsourcing his life to two firms in India (he has reps who take care of his schedule, answered his email, do research, and more);
-Radical Honesty (no filter between brain and mouth);
-he acts for his nanny (a beautiful woman) on online dating services;
-he tries to follow George Washington's 101 Rules of Conduct.
Honestly, I wanted longer pieces or even full-length books on many of the topics he covered. (And I wanted more detail about the outsourcing - it didn't seem to me that it would lessen your workload since you'd still have to explain all the tasks, but it seemed to work for him.)
Easy to read, interesting, and fun. (But I really like those "do something for X amount of time" stories.)
June 2012, bought the HC for $5, and reread.
This is a collection of articles, each devoted to a shorter-term "experiment" in his own life. These include:
-outsourcing his life to two firms in India (he has reps who take care of his schedule, answered his email, do research, and more);
-Radical Honesty (no filter between brain and mouth);
-he acts for his nanny (a beautiful woman) on online dating services;
-he tries to follow George Washington's 101 Rules of Conduct.
Honestly, I wanted longer pieces or even full-length books on many of the topics he covered. (And I wanted more detail about the outsourcing - it didn't seem to me that it would lessen your workload since you'd still have to explain all the tasks, but it seemed to work for him.)
Easy to read, interesting, and fun. (But I really like those "do something for X amount of time" stories.)
June 2012, bought the HC for $5, and reread.