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The Downside of 'Hypertasking'
Combuchan writes "An interesting article from AZ Central expounds upon the downside of 'hypertasking,' doing far too much at once, such as talking on the phone while doing office work at the Starbuck's has a whole host of negative side effects: irritability, impatience, sleeplessness, an overly extended workweek, and is largely unproductive. With wi-fi hotspots popping up everywhere and computing power shrinking, are we all doomed? Or, as the article indicates, it's possibily evolution of the mind at work."
Yeah. Definately leeds to anger and iratibility. And I'm not talking about the idiot on the phone.
People couldn't type. We realized: Death would eventually take care of this.
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I prefer hypershirking to hypertasking. That's where you know you have lots of work things to do, but you ignore them all in favor of more important personal tasks.
/. while making personal phone calls, listening to mp3s, and writing a poem for your girlfriend. Just remember to respond to work related voice-mail once a day so you don't get fired. Always complain about how much you have to do and try to look stressed. If you do that well, you can sometimes convince your coworkers to do your work. Since most spreadsheets don't have a "name" box, you get to take credit. Very effective.
For example, shopping online and reading
Hypertasking for All!
Booooooooo!
Alright the, Hypertasking for none!
Boooooooooo!
Very well, Hypertasking for some, miniature American flags for others
Yeaaaaaa!
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I don't really think so.. See, I can't exactly see the evolutionary advantage in being able perform lots of work tasks at the same time. There isn't such a strong link between work performance and survival anymore.
Now.. a mutation enabling you to work, talk on the phone, and have sex at the same time, that would be an evolutionary advantage!
But I'll agree it'd be nice knowing these stress problems were only temporary.. solving themselves in a million years or so.
First step: stop reading SlashDot. That would reclaim, what, about 5 hours/day?