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    Curiosity WeeklyHow to Tell What Life Hacks Are Worth Trying (w/ Joseph Reagle) and Microwaves for Cooling
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    Learn about how to tell whether a life hack is worth trying from a special guest: Professor Joseph M. Reagle Jr., author of the new book “Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents.” You’ll also learn why there’s no such thing as a “reverse microwave” for cooling.

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    © Warner Bros. DiscoveryLength 9 min23 May 2019ScienceFactsEducationalCultureUSAEpisodic

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    Learn about how to tell whether a life hack is worth trying from a special guest: Professor Joseph M. Reagle Jr., author of the new book “Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents.” You’ll also learn why there’s no such thing as a “reverse microwave” for cooling.

    Please support our sponsors! For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to HelloFresh.com/curiosity80 and enter promo code curiosity80.

    In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why there’s no such thing as a “reverse microwave” for cooling: https://curiosity.im/2Hd5uUM

    Publications and additional resources from Joseph M. Reagle, Jr:

    “Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents” — https://amazon.com“Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web” — https://amazon.com“Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia” — https://amazon.comOfficial website — https://reagle.org/joseph/Follow @jmreagle on Twitter — https://twitter.com/jmreagleMIT Press — https://mitpress.mit.edu/contributors/joseph-m-reagle-jrGet your copy of “Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents” on Amazon: https://amazon.com

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    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-tell-what-life-hacks-are-worth-trying-w-joseph-reagle-and-microwaves-for-cooling

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