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Hello<\/strong>
\nHello<\/strong>
\nPeople looking down<\/strong>
\nAs electronic devices<\/strong>
\nLooking up<\/strong>
\nOver hear<\/strong>
\nOver their<\/strong>
\nOwned buy virtual realty<\/strong>
\nTotally<\/strong>
\nSum wear<\/strong>
\nAils<\/strong>
\nHole heartedly<\/strong>
\nParting from wholly presence<\/strong>
\nHow due they pay<\/strong>
\nA tension<\/strong>
\nSo what? Sow what?<\/strong>
\nDriving us up the wall<\/strong>
\nAs a madder of fact, into the wall<\/strong>
\nTsk, tsk, tsk<\/strong>
\nSow much for multi-tsking<\/strong>
\nAs we reap life into little pieces<\/strong>
\nToo fee’d a hire mindfuelness<\/strong>
\nWho says you can’t halve it<\/strong>
\nAwe<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem is about one of my favorite pet peeves: multi-tasking. \u00a0My annoyance ranges from bleeping devices and blank presence to threats of life and limb from distracted drivers within striking range of me while I am biking. \u00a0Multi-tasking, by its very nature, is bad for the brain. \u00a0In technical terms, multi-tasking turns your brain to mush [see here for a summary of multitasking problems<\/a>]. \u00a0The mind can only concentrate on one thing at a time. \u00a0When we switch our concentration back and forth we necessarily lose something in the process. \u00a0Accomplished multi-taskers can train their brain to lose less during transitions but there is always a loss. \u00a0More importantly, extended concentration trains specific regions of the brain to deal with specific tasks. \u00a0When we chronically divide our attention, vacillating quickly between multiple tasks or activities, brain activation becomes diffuse and nonspecific. \u00a0This results in more poorly developed brain functioning for each activity (compared to doing each activity for an extended period of time). \u00a0In the runs of post-modern civilization, multi-tasking is the enema of concentration — full presence — and highly developed brain expertise.\u00a0 Further, assuming that a distracted multi-tasker doesn’t kill or maim you, the greatest challenge of multi-tasking is to simple presence, or mindfulness. \u00a0Perhaps the most important gift humans can give one another is to be fully present to one another. \u00a0Even when others aren’t around, mindfulness is perhaps the most awesome gift we can give ourselves, simply to be fully present for our own lives, whatever the external circumstances. \u00a0\"Got<\/a>Multi-tasking divides and degrades our ability to be fully present, both in any given moment, or long-term by undermining the disciplined ability to be mindful. \u00a0I suspect that the fear of missing out on something underlies much of the drive behind multi-tasking. \u00a0My suggestion, for those that truly want\u00a0awe of life, is to recognize that you can’t halve it, awe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello Hello People looking down As electronic devices Looking up Over hear Over their Owned buy virtual realty Totally Sum wear Ails Hole heartedly Parting from wholly presence How due they pay A tension So what? Sow what? 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