Re:True... for everyone but you of course (Score 1)

What I find interesting about this conversation is that there is a good deal of talk here about multi-tasking incidents - and general agreement that the mind doesn't multitask...but not much talk about what to do about it when multi-tasking takes over(at least I haven't read it yet! I admit going through over 400 comments is way too much distraction...!) Psychiatrist Ned Hallowell actually wrote a book about what to do when multi-tasking gets the better of you. He admits multi-tasking is exciting, but also can be destructive, and we shouldn't assume that life REQUIRES multi-tasking...just the opposite - it's lots better when you get multi-tasking under control and set some firm priorities. So, if you want some ideas about keeping multi-tasking from taking over, you might take a look at his book, CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap. Perhaps multi-tasking doesn't make us dumb...it just makes us LOOK dumb.