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“We often think that combining tasks will save us time, but scientific evidence shows that it has the opposite effect. Even those who claim…

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

“We often think that combining tasks will save us time, but scientific evidence shows that it has the opposite effect. Even those who claim…

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more.

— James Surowiecki

Multi-tasking is the ability to screw everything up simultaneously.

— Jeremy Clarkson

“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

It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

— Quintilian

Multi-tasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.

— Gary W. Keller

I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.

— Marilyn vos Savant

“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

I'm always trying to think of ways to make something more efficient. If I have to do something once, that's fine. If I have…

— Tobias Lutke

There's a lot of research that indicates the brain rewards us for multi-tasking by giving us a shot of neurochemicals whenever we start a…

— Sherry Turkle

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.

— David Seabury