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HOWTO: Be more productive (2005)
“With all the time you spend watching TV,” he tells me, “you could have written a novel by now.” It’s hard to disagree with the sentiment — writing a novel is undoubtedly a better use of time than watching TV — but what about the hidden assumption? Such comments imply that time is “fungible” — that time spent watching…
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Tools & ProductivityLife, Learning & Writing2021
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jun 4, 2021 | HOWTO: Be more productive (2005) by nomoreplease | 259 | 58 |
| May 11, 2013 | How to be more productive by rhapsodyv | 190 | 47 |
| Jan 12, 2013 | How to be more productive by zeynalov | 184 | 3 |
| Apr 11, 2018 | HOWTO: Be More Productive by Aaron Swartz (2005) by tvvocold | 52 | 6 |
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