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Monday, June 7, 2010
Multi-Tasking Makes us Stupid
That's what it says in this report. Or at least, in the first part of the report. I didn't get all the way through it, because three tweets came in. I'd love to elaborate on the matter, but look at that e-mail that just arrived...
I'm not interested because somewhere a long time ago I read that multitasking is a myth anyway. That the "brain" is incapable of it and can only create the illusion because it is good at switching between different tasks, a feat that is said to become slower with age, an info that I found comforting ....
that terrible internet again - as I've heard Tel Aviv is a Bauhaus jewel, here is the NYBooks with a review of a bunch of books on those people I hope it proves to be enjoyable Silke http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/jun/24/powerhouse-new/?pagination=false
this seems to be a review of the book that seems to feed this "new" never heard of before discovery
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tnr.com/book/review/the-uses-half-true-alarms
I'm not interested because somewhere a long time ago I read that multitasking is a myth anyway. That the "brain" is incapable of it and can only create the illusion because it is good at switching between different tasks, a feat that is said to become slower with age,
an info that I found comforting ....
Silke
that terrible internet again
ReplyDelete- as I've heard Tel Aviv is a Bauhaus jewel, here is the NYBooks with a review of a bunch of books on those people
I hope it proves to be enjoyable
Silke
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/jun/24/powerhouse-new/?pagination=false