I’ve recognized this in myself and others:<\/p>\n
> A study from Stanford reports that heavy multi-taskers are worse at choosing which task to focus on. \u201cThey are suckers for irrelevancy\u201d, as Cliff Nass, one of the researchers put it. Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics, degrading their abilities through over-consumption.<\/p>\n
– [Clay Shirky](https:\/\/medium.com\/@cshirky\/why-i-just-asked-my-students-to-put-their-laptops-away-7f5f7c50f368)<\/p>\n
Now, what was I just doing again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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