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A.J. Jacobs is attempting to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica.Photo: Julie Jacobs


Thomas Friedman wrote about how the world is flat and A.J. Jacobs, a senior editor at Esquire magazine, personally tried it on his life. Read this My Outsourced Life. It is a funny article on outsourcing jobs to India and it definitely pushes the envelope on what can be outsourced.

I have heard AJJ's interviews on NPR. You can listen to his interview on NPR web site about being a Encyclopedia Man, his humble quest to become the smartest person in the world.