Computers Quote by Ellen Ullman

Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system.

— Ellen Ullman

I do think to some extent multitasking is a way of fooling ourselves that we're being exceptionally efficient.

— James Surowiecki

In activities other than purely logical thought, our minds function much faster than any computer yet devised.

— Daniel Crevier

“Research is showing that so-called multitasking is a myth. The human brain cannot perform two different tasks at the same time.”

— David L. Hough

To put it bluntly, research shows that we can’t multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.

— John Medina

Men are noisy, narrow-band devices, but their nervous systems have very many parallel and simultaneously active channels. Relative to men, computing machines are very…

— J. C. R. Licklider

“Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth. Scientists now know that the brain is incapable of…

— Susan Cain

Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.

— Albert Einstein

Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.

— John von Neumann

Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.

— Daniel Levitin

A machine helps us to annihilate our weaknesses. We don't have a steady hand. We can lose all vigilance. We can be distracted by…

— Garry Kasparov

“multitasking is a productivity drag masquerading as an efficiency booster.”

— Jocelyn K. Glei