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Tim Harford: Slow-Motion Multitasking

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The Argument for Autonomy Over Your Workspace

When you give people autonomy, things tend to start looking a bit messy. People who choose the messier approach tend to get more down than those who choose the tidier approach. A psychologist called Steve Whitaker studies the way that people organize information. He distinguishes between two broad strategies, filing and piling.

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