Merlin Mann is interviewed by Erik Fisher on the Beyond the To-Do List Podcast and talks about what the word ‘productivity’ really means, Merlin’s super-hero origin story as a student of productivity, The creation of 43Folders, what Inbox Zero started as and what it really means, David Allen and Getting Things Done, Opportunity Cost, the Sunk Cost Fallacy, and a deeper dive into Merlin's prequel story of how the Back to Work Podcast began.