“You’d think people would realize they’re bad at multitasking”

The Organized Mind (2014)
Context: You’d think people would realize they’re bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by a dopamine-adrenaline feedback loop, in which multitaskers think they are doing great.

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