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The Year of Living Constitutionally
One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
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That actually came from A.J. Jacobs; his newest book is called, I think, 'Living Constitutionally,' or something like that. He's the one that revealed that fact for me, so thanks A.J. Jacobs. Um, rules–yeah.
Derek Sivers · Modern Wisdom · Oct 2024 Listen at 29:57 The best things said about it
Uh and of course we've recently talked about the Constitution with AJ Jacobs in his Year of Living constitutional I know you heard that episode it was a wonderful book and a wonderful conversation I appreciate that we'll put a link up to it.
If I could just take this moment to recommend listening to the Ridiculous History episode with A.J. Jacobs about the Constitution and his book on living constitutionally, it's crazy what this guy did and wrote a book about it. Basically, to get to the letter of the intent of the Constitution, a lot of things we're talking about today come.
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The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J. Jacobs is a humorous and immersive non-fiction book that follows the author's one-man experiment to live for an entire year strictly adhering to the original meaning and letter of the US Constitution. Derek Sivers mentioned the book on Modern Wisdom, crediting Jacobs with uncovering fascinating historical insights related to constitutional rules. The hosts of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know also enthusiastically recommended the book, suggesting that listeners check out a related Ridiculous History episode detailing the author's crazy undertaking to uncover the true intent of the founding document. Russ Roberts featured A.J. Jacobs as a guest on EconTalk to discuss the themes of the book, later referencing that engaging conversation in a subsequent episode with Yuval Levin while transitioning into broader discussions about unity, civil discourse, and the enduring relevance of the Constitution in modern American society. Across these various podcast appearances, the book was consistently highlighted as both an entertaining personal quest and a thought-provoking examination of American legal history.
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Russ Roberts uh and of course we've recently talked about the Constitution with AJ Jacobs in his Year of Living constitu… 2
“uh and of course we've recently talked about the Constitution with AJ Jacobs in his Year of Living constitutional I know you heard that episode it was a wonderful book and a wonderful conversation I appreciate that we'll put a link up to it”
“our topic for today is his latest book The Year of Living constitutionally one man's humble quest to follow the Constitution's original meaning”
Ben Bowlin book on living constitutionally and crazy crazy thing that this guy did um and wrote a book about it basica… 1
“book on living constitutionally and crazy crazy thing that this guy did um and wrote a book about it basically to get to what the letter of the intent of the Constitution was”
Derek Sivers That actually came from A.J. Jacobs; his newest book is called, I think, 'Living Constitutionally,' or some… 1
“That actually came from A.J. Jacobs; his newest book is called, I think, 'Living Constitutionally,' or something like that. He's the one that revealed that fact for me, so thanks A.J. Jacobs. Um, rules–yeah.”
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“If I could just take this moment to recommend listening to the Ridiculous History episode with A.J. Jacobs about the Constitution and his book on living constitutionally, it's crazy what this guy did and wrote a book about it. Basically, to get to the letter of the intent of the Constitution, a lot of things we're talking about today come”
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“my guest today has been AJ Jacobs his book is the Year of Living constitutionally”
“that was my previous book and can we talk about that for a second because I'm kind of taking people through your journey in case they haven't heard that episode because I think that that's something that people go yeah al humans that are all from Africa etcetera but then we really don't treat each other like that at all”