Multitasking fulfills the ideology that society is becoming robotic and task obsessed, also it distances people from human interaction and places importance on false perceptions of what makes happiness. Throughout life people put energy into maintaining a constant workflow, never focusing on the journey, rather just the destination. Throughout their senseless sequence of monotony, individuals incur faults by focusing on too many distractions. These distractions may seem paramount, but they just decrease value and provide a fabricated sense of efficiency. Just because one completes many things quickly does not mean any of these things were done correctly or with adamant attention to detail. When neglecting the true appreciation of completing
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The bike will soon lose its efficiency when the child realizes a car can make the trip much quicker, yet the serenity in learning and elation in mastery of the subject are the true treasure in this situation. Francis Fukuyama stated it best when he said “Every member of the human species possesses a genetic endowment that allows him or her to become a whole human being, an endowment that distinguishes a human essence from other types of creatures” (Fukuyama 201). This essence that all people enjoy and relate to is direct enemies with multitasking. Multitasking destroys this endowment to become the full human being that every person should strive to be. The more outlets in one’s life, the less energy and effort one can put into being content. The biggest adversary of human essence is progressing media. Multimedia options such as cellphones and tablets do have many positive contributing factors such as instant messaging, photography, live updates from the world around you, etc.; but these facets all become overused and taken advantage of by an overtly greedy and needy society. In a study conducted by Sana, Weston and Cepada having to do with …show more content…
The actual purpose of multitasking is to do more than one activity at a time and being able to successfully be competent in the process creating an ideal finished product. The process is flawed at its very core, saying one can put forth an equal balance of attention more than one action and be proficient in them. In a study by Rachel Adler, she created an Inverted-U relationship between multitasking and performance; this to show how the two correlate and if multitasking truly affects performance. Her findings were that “Although the upside of multitasking could be the illusion of productivity, the downside is their potential negative effects on performance” (Adler 2011). Adler proves scientifically, multitasking puts in jeopardy performance for the sake of personal ease. Her research a key to the multiple findings that just because one opts to do many things at once, does not mean they are being done adequately. Multitasking is not a new phenomenon being dealt with, in the past many have looked at the idea that splitting brain power will create divisiveness within someone and effect their performance. Richard Restak hits on this point perfectly affirming “Yesterday’s predictions have become today’s reality. And in the course of that makeover we have become more frenetic, more distracted, more fragmented- in a word, more hyperactive.” (Restak 412). Restak
The bike will soon lose its efficiency when the child realizes a car can make the trip much quicker, yet the serenity in learning and elation in mastery of the subject are the true treasure in this situation. Francis Fukuyama stated it best when he said “Every member of the human species possesses a genetic endowment that allows him or her to become a whole human being, an endowment that distinguishes a human essence from other types of creatures” (Fukuyama 201). This essence that all people enjoy and relate to is direct enemies with multitasking. Multitasking destroys this endowment to become the full human being that every person should strive to be. The more outlets in one’s life, the less energy and effort one can put into being content. The biggest adversary of human essence is progressing media. Multimedia options such as cellphones and tablets do have many positive contributing factors such as instant messaging, photography, live updates from the world around you, etc.; but these facets all become overused and taken advantage of by an overtly greedy and needy society. In a study conducted by Sana, Weston and Cepada having to do with …show more content…
The actual purpose of multitasking is to do more than one activity at a time and being able to successfully be competent in the process creating an ideal finished product. The process is flawed at its very core, saying one can put forth an equal balance of attention more than one action and be proficient in them. In a study by Rachel Adler, she created an Inverted-U relationship between multitasking and performance; this to show how the two correlate and if multitasking truly affects performance. Her findings were that “Although the upside of multitasking could be the illusion of productivity, the downside is their potential negative effects on performance” (Adler 2011). Adler proves scientifically, multitasking puts in jeopardy performance for the sake of personal ease. Her research a key to the multiple findings that just because one opts to do many things at once, does not mean they are being done adequately. Multitasking is not a new phenomenon being dealt with, in the past many have looked at the idea that splitting brain power will create divisiveness within someone and effect their performance. Richard Restak hits on this point perfectly affirming “Yesterday’s predictions have become today’s reality. And in the course of that makeover we have become more frenetic, more distracted, more fragmented- in a word, more hyperactive.” (Restak 412). Restak