Responding to the Reading

Read “In Defense of Multitasking” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 20.42

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2. Discussion Do you agree or disagree with Silverman’s assertion that multitasking is essential for survival at work? Why?

3. Journal Keep a journal for a day to track important interruptions that you would miss if you were unitasking.

4. Essay Write an essay describing how and why multitasking might have developed as human behavior. When would it have been a valuable skill? How would it have helped early humans?