Multitasking with technology has become so engrained in our work processes that it’s bewildering we ever did anything without it. But, then, you’ve heard the problem: Multitasking compromises our visual awareness, divides our attention, distracts us, reduces our job satisfaction, stunts our memory, impairs cognitive function and sabotages our performance. But the biggest problem with multitasking isn’t what it causes; it’s what multitasking makes us into. In fact, the word multitasking was initially a computer word, not a human word. “Multitask” first appeared in a 1965 IBM paper, referring to a computer’s ability to process multiple tasks simultaneously.

Source: Forbes January 27, 2017 05:12 UTC