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How *not* to multitask

Laptops, tea mugs, and other things that don't mix

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Maria Konnikova
Feb 01, 2025
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When I was 23, I moved into a reverse duplex apartment: bedroom downstairs, kitchen upstairs, and in between, a beautiful wooden staircase. It was evening, I’d been working upstairs, and I decided that it would be nice to have a mug of hot tea. What can I say, it’s my Russian side coming out—the one that craves black tea at all hours of the day.

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