0:00 Every single time you switch your attention, you pay for it. >> Say multitasking is a myth. >> Yeah. So, what we are going to do is get a sense of the amount of time and energy that you essentially waste every single time you switch your attention. >> Okay. Let's do this. >> All right. Are you ready? >> Yeah. >> Get ready. Go. >> Oh my gosh. This is a show. [music] >> Done. >> Done. >> So, on a daily basis, theoretically, I'm losing 60% of my productivity just by switching between two different types of tasks at once. >> Yeah. And over 2 hours a day is the average now of how much time is being wasted bouncing between screens and
0:30 different tasks. If we stay this distracted, we will live a life that we don't like living. >> So what is in this book? >> We're going to go through the box. I'm going to teach you all the science for productivity and human performance because I know that the default settings of all of our technology are designed by people like me to maximize engagement. For example, the infinite scroll is like going to a buffet and just [music] opening your mouth and there's just an assembly line of food and candy just going straight in. There's no backs stop, but we can use reverse neuroscience to reverse this entire thing.
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