#25 - AJ Jacobs - The Power of Social Experimentation

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Jun 21, 2024

AJ Jacobs, known for his extreme social experiments, discusses topics like living biblically and constitutionally, maximizing health, radical honesty in relationships, and the power of puzzles to reframe conflicts and competition in an entertaining and insightful conversation.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Exploring Social Experiments and Health Initiatives

01:51 • 12min

The Significance of Rituals and Community

14:02 • 5min

Interpreting the US Constitution: Originalism vs. Living Constitutionalism

19:17 • 24min

Exploring Historical Practices and Modern Influences

43:15 • 3min

Immersing in the 18th Century

46:42 • 3min

Chain of Gratitude and Outsourcing Life Experiment

49:49 • 6min

Exploring Radical Honesty and Predictions in Relationships

55:32 • 26min

Using Puzzles to Reframe Conflicts and Competition

01:21:42 • 14min

Exploring the Power of Reframing Issues and Perception

01:36:00 • 3min

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.