What if you could be someone else for a day, you know, inside their mind? From icons like Michael Jordan, Oprah, and Einstein to your neighbor, a two-year-old, or a gas-station attendant, I'm wondering what it’s really like to be other people, and what you might gain by having different perspectives.

In this episode is a “live as anyone” thought experiment: would you pay to step into another person's brain for an hour? Or a day? What about a week?Would empathy skyrocket if we could feel a surgeon’s focus, a performer’s stage rush, or a homeless person’s daily reality? Where you end up in life is a combination of ambition, luck, wiring, and location. There are so many factors that go into making you who you are. Some things can be changed and some are a little predestined. But how much better would the world be if you could truly experience what other people live day after day?

You’ll hear thoughts on celebrities, regular people, as well as Foxconn workers assembling your iPhone. The goal is to ponder and explore everyone else’s life, and you might discover that being you is better than you think.

And then a question for you...

If you could spend one day as anyone, who would you choose, and why? Drop your pick in the comments.

Opening song “Chiptune Fighter" written by SCOREWIZARDS.

All production by Cody Maxwell.

Opening graphic assets by motionstate.

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