"And just like on a real whiteboard, there can be a residue in our minds."
— Klein, Ezra (b. May 9, 1984)
Author
Date
May 28, 2023
Metaphor
"And just like on a real whiteboard, there can be a residue in our minds."
Metaphor in Context
This is an acid bath for human cognition. Multitasking is mostly a myth. We can focus on one thing at a time. "It's like we have an internal whiteboard in our minds," Mark said. "If I'm working on one task, I have all the info I need on that mental whiteboard. Then I switch to email. I have to mentally erase that whiteboard and write all the information I need to do email. And just like on a real whiteboard, there can be a residue in our minds. We may still be thinking of something from three tasks ago."
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Ezra Klein, "Beyond the 'Matrix' Theory of Mind," The New York Times (May 28, 2023). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
06/05/2023
