The Myth of Multi-tasking
Can't take credit for this article. AI wrote it. Amazing stuff. Multitasking is a lie. It exhausts you quickly and doesn’t allow you to focus on a task. It acts as a distraction. Switching tasks reduce your productivity instead of boosting it. We live in a culture that celebrates being busy. The ability to answer emails while talking on the telephone, eat lunch while reading the news, or participate in a meeting while checking text messages is often treated as evidence of efficiency. We call it multitasking, and we wear it almost as a badge of honor. The problem is that much of what we call multitasking isn't really multitasking at all. It's task switching. And the distinction matters. Human beings are not particularly good at concentrating on two demanding activities at the same time. What we actually do is shift our attention rapidly from one activity to another. We may feel as though we're accomplishing several things simultaneously, but our brains are usually hand...
