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I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

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Re: I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

#21

I definitely thought you meant that you asked it to write 5 bullet points that covered/summarized 14,501 books haha. Would love to see the output from that prompt.

Me too! I was really looking forward to seeing a summary of so many books. Was expecting to see something like: * life is hard * people can be evil * war is inevitable * everyone is afraid of dying * humans persevere even in the face of insurmountable odds

Re: I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

#22
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I see that the first book reviewed is "Rich dad poor dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. He's a known grifter that has been wrong on nearly everything over the last 15 years. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877126

I agree with your characterization of Robert Kiyosaki as a grifter. But that link is just clickbait.

Re: I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

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post #10

I see that the first book reviewed is "Rich dad poor dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. He's a known grifter that has been wrong on nearly everything over the last 15 years. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877126

I read his book and took notes but I cant recall anything of value I learnt from it. Just wanted to share my thought.

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Re: I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

#25

I definitely thought you meant that you asked it to write 5 bullet points that covered/summarized 14,501 books haha. Would love to see the output from that prompt.

I did ask it to summarize all of war and peace in a single sentence, then a single word. I forget the sentence, but for the word, it chose Humanity.

Re: I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

#26

It looks like a lot of these are self-help or other fluffy books. It's funny because whenever I read these books I feel like someone just took a bunch of bullet points and then added anecdotes and fluff to make it fill a book. Herd you're reversing the process.

This is my feeling two. Many times the author tries to say the same thing 20 different times to fill a book. Many ot those books could have been a great 30 minute presentation.

Re: I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

#27
post #14
post #10

I see that the first book reviewed is "Rich dad poor dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. He's a known grifter that has been wrong on nearly everything over the last 15 years. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877126

I read his book and took notes but I cant recall anything of value I learnt from it. Just wanted to share my thought.

In my opinion, he shares knowledge mainly suited for the kids of the rich dad.

Re: I asked ChatGPT to summarize 14501 books in 5 bullet points. Here's the result

#28

I definitely thought you meant that you asked it to write 5 bullet points that covered/summarized 14,501 books haha. Would love to see the output from that prompt.

Me too! I was really looking forward to seeing a summary of so many books. Was expecting to see something like: * life is hard * people can be evil * war is inevitable * everyone is afraid of dying * humans persevere even in the face of insurmountable odds

There's a quote from Naval Ravikant that I really like (but now can't find), "All self-help books essentially boil down to 'prioritize long-term payoffs over short-term ones'". Haven't seen a single instance of that being incorrect.
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