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Re:Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? by coliveira on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:26PM (#48565017)
Yes, I read "Getting Things Done": he teaches you to make todo lists! That's it, nothing profound or from another planet. Basically you could get that information in 1 paragraph: "if you're overwhelmed, make a todo list", but he wouldn't have made a lot of money that way...
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Re:Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? by laserlight on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:10PM (#48565238)
That's quite a reductionist view of Getting Things Done. There's nothing magic about the system, but someone had to put it together. It has been useful to me.
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Re:Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? by kamaal on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:47PM (#48565127)
There is more than that, though. Deadlines, Next Tasks, Weekly list purge/build, Yearly alignment etc etc.

Also how you teach somebody a thing matters.

Stories have a profound effect on humans since the earliest of our days.

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