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Switching costs a rebuild, not a slice
We leave a thought half-finished at ten, and come back to it at noon. The thread is gone, so we build the same conclusion...

Focus has an entry price, and interruptions charge it twice
The minutes an interruption takes are not what it costs. What it costs is the climb back into focus, charged again from the bottom....

Switching cost scales with complexity
We learned what multitasking costs from folding clothes in front of the television, where it costs almost nothing. Then we carried that feeling to...