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Depending too heavily on multitasking to navigate a complex environment and on technology as our guide carries a final risk: the derailing of the painstaking work of adding to our storehouses of knowledge.
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093 |
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Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth. The brain naturally focuses on concepts sequentially, one at a time.
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115 |
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Contrary to the messages from our wired, workaholic culture, multitasking is a myth.
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014 |
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…science has determined that multitasking is for most practical purposes a myth, and heeding its siren call leads to inefficiency and even danger.
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152 |
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Even in today’s multitasking world, paying attention to everything is impossible, so we are constantly making unconscious choices about what to notice.
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032 |
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It is the mark of effortful activities that they interfere with each other, which is why it is difficult or impossible to conduct several at once.
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023 |
