Am Montag war A.J. Jacobs in der Daily Show. Beim Nachlesen ĂĽber den Typen bin ich auf diesen Artikel gestoĂźen:
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a26792/honesty0707/
I Think You're Fat
This story is about something called Radical Honesty. It may change your life. (But honestly, we don't really care.)
By A.J. JacobsPublished: Jul 24, 2007
Here's the truth about why I'm writing this article:
I want to fulfill my contract with my boss. I want to avoid getting fired. I want all the attractive women I knew in high school and college to read it. I want them to be amazed and impressed and feel a vague regret over their decision not to have sex with me, and maybe if I get divorced or become a widower, I can have sex with them someday at a reunion. I want Hollywood to buy my article and turn it into a movie, even though they kind of already made the movie ten years ago with Jim Carrey.
I want to get congratulatory e-mails and job offers that I can politely decline. Or accept if they're really good. Then get a generous counteroffer from my boss.
To be totally honest, I was sorry I mentioned this idea to my boss about three seconds after I opened my mouth. Because I knew the article would be a pain in the ass to pull off. Dammit. I should have let my colleague Tom Chiarella write it. But I didn't want to seem lazy.
What I mentioned to my boss was this: a movement called Radical Honesty.
AmĂĽsanter Stoff. Auch wenn er das Experiment nicht sehr weit treibt.
Aber wer könnte das schon? Mir wird bei dem Gedanken ganz schlecht.