601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?

Only a tiny number of “supertaskers” are capable of doing two things at once. The rest of us are just making ourselves miserable, and less productive. How can we put the — hang on a second, I've just got to get this . Come see Stephen Dubner live! “A Questionable Evening: A strategic interrogation from two people who ask questions for a living,” featuring Stephen Dubner and PJ Vogt from Search Engine . Thursday, Sept. 26th, at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-questionable-evening-evening-with-stephen-dubner-and-pj-vogt-tickets-1002544747327 SOURCES: Olivia Grace , senior product manager at Slack. Gloria Mark , professor of computer science at the University of California, Irvine. David Strayer , professor of cognition and neural science at the University of Utah. RESOURCES: " Immersion in Nature Enhances Neural Indices of Executive Attention ," by Amy S. McDonnell and David L. Strayer ( Nature: Scientific Reports, 2024). " Contribution to the Study on the ‘Right to Disconnect’ From Work. Are France and Spain Examples for Other Countries and E.U. Law? " by Loïc Lerouge and Francisco Trujillo Pons ( European Labour Law Journal, 2022). " Task Errors by Em…