The Guardian‘s Pick of the day: “Einstein’s Corner argues that multitasking is a ‘Sisyphean attempt to compete against the speed and reliability of our own technologies’. Has this blogger been reading my email?”
The intense demands of multitasking all but eliminate our ability to commit the requisite time and intellectual resources to the big picture. The result is fragmentation of our attention and time. … Fragmentation and a perceived need to shift focus every few minutes destroys our peripheral vision, and our peripheral vision is what provides context and balance in our lives.
“How many people on their death beds wish they’d spent more time in the office?,” asks Jeff Einstein. How do you multi-task?
