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The problem with multitasking is not many are good at it. Witness the carnage on the highways with increasing use of phones, messaging, texting, emailing, kids, drinking, eating, navigating, tuning, and much more. Driving actually takes a back seat!
Wow. They use a whole 32 people.
I suppose this means we’re dual core, not quad core. Oh well, at least it means I can indeed walk and chew gum at the same time.
Actually Wowlfer statistics indicate that highway accidents and fatalities have progressively declined over the last two decades or so, despite more cars and more miles driven and despite the proliferation of cell phones.
What has increased, however, is the notoriety imparted by the media when an accident occurs where the use of some technology is suspect.
It's a wonder of technology (air bags, better designs, better roads, etc) that the death rate isn't 10 times higher. Accidents sure are higher.
Oh, what's the big deal. I am typing this perfectly while driving at 70 mph and there is no probl...
AHHHHH!!!
I bet this little fact is something they will never discuss or teach in current crop of executive MBA programs. MBA students (a.k.a. future business leaders) pay tens of thousands of dollars to be taughs lies and malpractice all focusing on how to squeeze the most out of employees. That school of thought stems from legendary former GE CEO Jack Walsh, which advocated to "challenge" employees, meaning burdening then with impossible tasks and thus pushing them to the limit in hopes they will accomplish some fraction of it.
Unfortunately, in many jobs today people are forced to multitask. Ask anyone in the healthcare profession how dangerous this can be.
So thats whats wrong with CEOs and officers ...they been multi-tasking all this time!!!
Lucky for women. LOL!
Multitasking is overrated.
That guy who rides a bicycle on the sidewalk while walking his leashed dog at the same time - half a brain! That woman who drives into a busy a rotary while putting on her lipstick - half a brain! The man who nearly misses pedestrians in the crosswalk because he was looking for something under his car seat - half a brain! Why the study? We all KNOW this.
Technology has "Over-leveraged" Human beings innate abilities, As a result Multitasking is a futile exercise in diminishing returns. Doing More than 2 tasks at a time is inherently unstable & God forbid if your laptop,blackberry,I-phone or cell phone break down !!!!! You can do ANY ONE thing at a time,NOT Many things at once !!!!!
Driving IS multitaking.
So, by all means don't add talking, on the phone and texting to the list. It really makes SENSE! I hope the people who do these dangerous behaviors, while driving, can read this article.
Sorta like walking and chewing gum at the same time?
2 tasks - NOT 3
The article talks about performing 2 tasks at one time but the example only utilizes 1 of our 5 senses while multi-tasking. What happens if we use 2 or more of our senses to multi-task? For example, can you talk and listen at the same time? I think this is very difficult. Can you read a book and listen to music at the same time? How much of the music do you really hear? Have you ever tried to eat, watch TV and listen to your wife and the same time? It usually gets me into trouble. These examples may be amusing but I am really curious. Are the results of the multi-tasking exercise affected by which senses you use when multi-tasking?
"Multitasking" is a pernicious ploy to Optimally Squeeze results out of a already overworked workforce --- Being Mindful of a SINGLE TASK at hand results in Better results & efficiency. Working "Smarter" is working Single-Mindedly. Don't burn yourself out trying to "juggle" EVERYTHING at once - It's simply Impossible !
Outside of the autonomic nervous system people do not really multi-task. They do little pieces of tasks, one task at a time.
Sorry, but women, especially mothers, have been doing 3 things at a time almost forever. Feed the baby, talk on the phone and watch food cooking on the stove. I did it many times and thought nothing of it, it was so easy. I've seen other women doing about the same thing. Even in an office, answer the phone while typing, and greet someone wwho just came in the door. Don't know who you used for coming up with your conclusions, but you are way off base. You should watch a mother in the morning getting children ready for school. She has to be able to do 3 things at a time because her time is limited.