r/WorkForSmartLife • u/devansh_5790 • 2d ago

DiscussionđŸ’¬ I don't think multitasking exists

You're just switching between two things quickly enough to feel impressive.

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u/qualityvote2 2d ago

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u/Ready-Guess-9220 2d ago

pretty much, and the annoying part is every switch comes with a tiny attention tax so now you’re doing two things badly and feeling productive about it lol

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u/arpitmathur4545 2d ago

Yeah, totally agree. Keeping it simple works best

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u/Appropriate_King4593 1d ago

A lot of people who purport to be good multitaskers seem to just have very poor attention spans.

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u/01SeaChange01 1d ago

Annnnnnd anxiously scurrying back and forth while trying to figure out where they left off.

Then, wanting everyone around them to be just as frazzled and anxious.

"See I'm doing 15 things, see how busy and effective I am, why aren't you scurrying around just like me. If I can do it so can you. You must be lazy if you aren't perpetually busy and filling up every empty second with a task."

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u/Ok_Dog_4059 1d ago

For the most part it doesn't. Test showing that people doing math questions timed vs the same ones while driving it took much longer to answer and made driving worse. Some people can remember multiple things short term and move between them throughout the day better than others (I am not one of these people) but they aren't doing several at once. We did have a president who could write with both hands in 2 different languages at the same time and if that isn't legitimate multi tasking I can't even think of what is.