So while listening to this podcast, I drove to the pharmacy with my dog on board, took my medication, did a microdermabrasion session at home, extracted a color palette from a picture (I am a textile designer) and while hearing all this I kept thinking about....mothers. I do 100% believe that multitasking is not good but I had one thing in mind... and I am curious to hear Steven follow up on this. Multitasking didn't begin with the computer era. Multitasking started when there was the first mother on the planet. Can we study them? And more productively, how to help them cope with the multitasking they cannot afford NOT to do. This is a great episode! I am not a mother but my mother is a multitasker on steroids and so is my sister who is also my mom and the pressure of performing all the tasks they need to do on a daily basis. So...how should we help moms. Because I can totally afford to shut down and focus more-I suffer from chronic illness that pushes me to do so-but moms can't. 🥴
As a person listening while walking my dog, I feel personally attacked! LOL😂 It's actually a good use if my time, as the costs of not paying attention to my dog are low, as are the costs of missing part of the podcast (I do switch to just walking when crossing streets though) Also, multitasking can occasionally speed things up. For example, i know my computer is slow to start certain programs ('apps' for the kids), so I'll use the computer's delays to do certain short tasks, while it figures itself out
Decades ago I figured this out - its literally the same problem in computing - there is no multitasking just context switching, and the overhead of it makes you do all the tasks worse. For myself, I find when I do focus on something, I stop paying attention to anything else despite my best efforts - this is why talking on the phone regardless of hands free or not is still dangerous.
Multitasking is not what you think it is . Listening to music while walking is not multitasking. Solving an equation mentally while reading a book is multitasking. And only less than 1% of the globe population can do that . 🙂
Few People using public libraries are actually reading books, they are looking at devices. If anyone is reading, they are interrupted by notifications from their smartphone. Is anyone able to be deeply absorbed in reading anymore? I have heard you now go through medical school with no paper textbooks, just online and often with kid style videos.
If accident are increasing, it is because the car is designed to hide stuff that is outside the car. Note the beams that separate windows and keeps the roof up. These beams blocks the view from the car and increases accidents.
You neglected to interview parents who homeschool their kids and who also work. FAIL. Parents MUST multitask - you have two kids under five and you gotta make dinner - a daily routine. Another question- why test people with numbers when tons of people don’t relate to numbers? That downgrades the results for a significant number of people when multitasking testing could use crafting while watching tv, or cooking while talking on the phone as mundane examples that most people do.
So while listening to this podcast, I drove to the pharmacy with my dog on board, took my medication, did a microdermabrasion session at home, extracted a color palette from a picture (I am a textile designer) and while hearing all this I kept thinking about....mothers. I do 100% believe that multitasking is not good but I had one thing in mind... and I am curious to hear Steven follow up on this. Multitasking didn't begin with the computer era. Multitasking started when there was the first mother on the planet. Can we study them? And more productively, how to help them cope with the multitasking they cannot afford NOT to do. This is a great episode! I am not a mother but my mother is a multitasker on steroids and so is my sister who is also my mom and the pressure of performing all the tasks they need to do on a daily basis. So...how should we help moms. Because I can totally afford to shut down and focus more-I suffer from chronic illness that pushes me to do so-but moms can't. 🥴
As a person listening while walking my dog, I feel personally attacked! LOL😂
It's actually a good use if my time, as the costs of not paying attention to my dog are low, as are the costs of missing part of the podcast (I do switch to just walking when crossing streets though)
Also, multitasking can occasionally speed things up. For example, i know my computer is slow to start certain programs ('apps' for the kids), so I'll use the computer's delays to do certain short tasks, while it figures itself out
I’m watching this while eating a snack and scratching my gut all at the same time.
That 2.5 percent of super taskers were on adderall
Great episode! Even a basic understanding of how computer processors work will lead one to look askance at a human brain multitasking.
Decades ago I figured this out - its literally the same problem in computing - there is no multitasking just context switching, and the overhead of it makes you do all the tasks worse. For myself, I find when I do focus on something, I stop paying attention to anything else despite my best efforts - this is why talking on the phone regardless of hands free or not is still dangerous.
Steven!!! You just stressed out almost everyone that listened to this podcast with the thought you might kick your dog!!!
We need a different term. It's impossible not to multitask. It keeps us alive. Breathing, farting, and driving is such a common practice
Only managers promote multitasking… ON OTHERS!
Is there any published test that can tell us whether we are multitaskers or not?
Multitasking is not what you think it is .
Listening to music while walking is not multitasking.
Solving an equation mentally while reading a book is multitasking.
And only less than 1% of the globe population can do that . 🙂
Few People using public libraries are actually reading books, they are looking at devices. If anyone is reading, they are interrupted by notifications from their smartphone. Is anyone able to be deeply absorbed in reading anymore? I have heard you now go through medical school with no paper textbooks, just online and often with kid style videos.
Listening to this while doing other things- just saying
I notice that there is no checkmark on this channel and the amount of subs is suspiciously low.
Is this a pirate channel?
"Scatter brained"
If accident are increasing, it is because the car is designed to hide stuff that is outside the car. Note the beams that separate windows and keeps the roof up.
These beams blocks the view from the car and increases accidents.
You neglected to interview parents who homeschool their kids and who also work. FAIL. Parents MUST multitask - you have two kids under five and you gotta make dinner - a daily routine. Another question- why test people with numbers when tons of people don’t relate to numbers? That downgrades the results for a significant number of people when multitasking testing could use crafting while watching tv, or cooking while talking on the phone as mundane examples that most people do.