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Distracted:
When we multitask, we are like swimmers diving into a state of focus, resurfacing to switch gears or reassess the environment, then diving again to resume focus.
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079 |
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Distracted:
Relying on multitasking as a way of life, we chop up our opportunities and abilities to make big-picture sense of the world and pursue our long-term goals.
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081 |
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Distracted:
In the name of efficiency, we are diluting some of the essential qualities that make us human.
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081 |
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Distracted:
…multitasking is essentially the juggling of interruptions, the moment when we choose to or are driven to switch from one task to another.
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084 |
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Distracted:
…to dissect and map these moments of broken time [interruptions] is to shed light on how we live today.
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084 |
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Distracted:
Yet as well as coping with a high number of interruptions, workers have a tough time getting back on track once they are disconnected.
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085 |
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Distracted:
…nearly 45 percent of workplace interruptions are self-initiated.
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085 |
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Distracted:
…it is often in its wondrous details that contentment can be found.
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089 |
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Distracted:
To breed children for a world of split focus is to raise generations who will have ceded cognitive control of their days.
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092 |
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Distracted:
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 |
