How literally should we take the US Constitution? What about the bible? Should we experiment with radical honesty with strangers?
Those are just some of the questions human guinea pig A.J. Jacobs spends his life trying to answer. An author and journalist, he regularly immerses himself into extreme social experiments to understand the world better (and then usually writes a book about it). And this conversation does not disappoint -- we explore his discoveries on everything from love and relationships, competitive puzzling, US politics, health... one of my favourite conversations so far!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:06 - Immersions
00:05:47 - Maximizing Health
00:11:14 - Living Biblically
00:19:17 - Living Constitutionally
00:49:50 - Gratitude Experiment
00:53:03 - Extreme Outsourcing
00:55:31 - Relationship Stuff
01:01:13 - Radical Honesty
01:10:43 - Choosing Projects
01:17:43 - Tips for Building Habits
01:22:51 - The Power of Puzzles
01:29:19 - Relationship with Competition
Links:
♾️ AJ's Books
https://ajjacobs.com/books/
♾️ The Year of Living Constitutionally https://ajjacobs.com/books/the-year-of-living-constitutionally/
♾️ Cochrane Report
https://www.cochrane.org/
♾️ Cold Takes Blog
https://www.cold-takes.com/
♾️ The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/49081/the-4-hour-workweek-expanded-and-updated-by-timothy-ferriss/
♾️ The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555240/the-scout-mindset-by-julia-galef/
♾️ Stickk.com
https://www.stickk.com/
Credits:
♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree
♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei
♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt
The Win-Win Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.
