Even Gaius Julius Caesar, who could do several things at once, is a loser compared to a minibus driver.
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I became gay only because Julius Caesar was gay.
- Not gay, but Guy.
- Yes?! Damn...
Wife to husband:
- You are like Julius Caesar, doing three things at once. You watch TV, eat with one hand, scratch your household with the other...
Caesar did a hundred things, but Brutus concentrated and did one thing.
A repeat offender nicknamed Caesar is involved in several cases at the same time.
The wife of the minibus driver in bed screams loudly, clearly and in advance.
The minibus driver can simultaneously:
- smoke,
- accept money,
- count out change,
- gnawing seeds,
- talk on a mobile phone,
- look out the window,
- set up the radio,
- drive a minibus.
Hey you! Loch!
- I’m not a sucker, my mother sent me to the store for buns, here’s the money...
Without any tension, I, like Caesar, can do a bunch of things at once, for example, feel bad, look bad and want to sleep.
It's crazy how quickly technology advances! At school I couldn't take photos with my phone, but now I have a smart bracelet that alerts the police if I leave the house...
He was such a loser that as a child he was beaten even in music school!
I made a big to-do list. I just don't understand who should do them.
What will you become when you grow up?
- That strange guy who rides next to the minibus driver and chats with him.
- Worthy.
She fell in love with him because he was slender and silent.
But he simply physically could not speak and suck in his stomach at the same time...
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Are you tired of SMS scams?
Send a message: "I'm not a sucker" to number 5555.
The more messages you send, the cooler you are!
A minibus driver who accidentally drove onto a Formula 1 track won the race, even managing to pick up two passengers along the way.
I wonder if there is a person in the world who loves both Bach and Stas Mikhailov?
If the answer to the question about the state of affairs is “in process,” then this means that the process has not even begun yet.
I can’t imagine how our mayor manages to do impossible things!
-Which ones exactly?
-Do nothing and make mistakes at the same time!
A policeman stops a driver who has just hit an old woman.
- Why didn’t you honk when you saw that she was standing in your way?
- I was afraid to scare him.
But there are great things worth giving your life for. - No, there are no such things! Because you have one life, and there are no great things to do. - Oh gods, how can you live with such a philosophy? - For a long time!
The agent, who simultaneously worked for our and foreign intelligence, filled out the form in the line “Occupation” and each time did not know what to write - intelligence officer or spy.
A car drives past the traffic police post, a traffic cop slows it down, approaches,
smilingly looks at the driver, who is a little crazy and in anticipation
profit and says:
- Oh, what eyes we have. Come on, let's go blow!
Driver:
- Nope, I'm done.
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When there is a lot of studying and little time, the temptation is great to try to combine it with other things. For example, writing a term paper and listening to a new music album. Preparing for an exam and chatting with a friend at the same time. Record a lecture and chat with a friend. At such moments, it happens that you think: “Eh, why am I not Julius Caesar?!” Which, as we remember, was famous for his ability to do several things at the same time. Today, by the way, is the birthday of the great ruler. In honor of this, I propose to think together about how to learn to do several things at the same time and whether it is worth doing.
Can human brain solve several problems at the same time? Scientists are inclined to conclude that no. In fact, we do not do these things in parallel, but switch from one task to another. So the speed and quality of completing both tasks usually suffers.
On the other hand, with training you can increase the speed of these switches, which overall will allow you to work faster. That is, in a situation where you can do your things sequentially, it is better to do so - it will be more effective. But when you need to do one thing all the time (like writing a term paper) and another at regular intervals (like answering the phone), learning how to switch quickly can help you use your time efficiently.
In addition, we can combine actions that do not require our full attention and concentration, that is, what we do “automatically.” For example, a music teacher friend of mine told me that in her youth she sometimes put “The Three Musketeers” on the music stand instead of notes and played memorized pieces while reading a book. Or let's take a common example from life: many drivers completely calmly combine driving a car with talking on the phone. However, only as long as the movement is calm. If some non-linear situation arises on the road that requires greater concentration, the driver will immediately be distracted from the conversation.
To increase your multitasking in matters that do not require full concentration, you need to learn how to distribute your attention. There are a number of exercises for this. For example, writing different words simultaneously with your left and right hands. The hands will try to synchronize, which will seriously complicate the task. Or count out loud from one to 50, while simultaneously writing the numbers in reverse order - from 50 to one. Draw different hands circles in different sides, and to complicate things, describe some figure with your foot. There is even such a direction as asymmetrical gymnastics, in which different parts of the body perform different movements. In this way, a person not only develops the body, but also trains the brain to control several actions at once.
Benefit or harm?
Should you use multitasking in your studies? The question is ambiguous. In most cases, combining mental work with other activities, we get distracted and, as a result, the speed and quality of work only suffers. Although there are exceptions. For example, some people are comfortable remembering information while listening to music. Moreover, having heard the same melody, they immediately remember what they learned to it.
Unfortunately, this is a common thing for residents of both megacities and provincial towns. The vast majority of people fail to successfully combine work, leisure, hobbies and personal life, and at least half of them would not refuse a forty-eight-hour day. Alas, this is only possible in the imagination of science fiction writers: humanity has not yet learned to manage time so masterfully.
The radical solution - simply reducing the number of things to do, leaving only the most important things - is, of course, not suitable for everyone. Not everyone is ready to give up outings with friends and evenings with family in favor of a breathtaking career, and vice versa.
A more modern approach, it would seem, is multitasking, that is, solving several things at once. After all, why not? Research has long proven that the brain is tens of times more powerful than any existing computer, and even the simplest computer is capable of managing several programs at once.
As tempting as the prospect of imitating Julius Caesar may seem, you shouldn't get too carried away with it: it may turn out that multitasking is not as effective as you think. We did some research and found out whether it is still possible to multitask, and, most importantly, whether there is any benefit from it: here’s what we found.
Why multitasking harms the brain: study results
I don’t want to upset those who like to do three things at once, but I have to: recently published research results have finally confirmed that multitasking harms the brain.
After conducting an interesting experiment with two different age groups (youth and middle-aged people), scientists found that the younger generation, on average, copes with tasks ten percent faster (participants in the experiment were asked to decipher numbers in a photo in a special way) when nothing distracts them.
But that's when all kinds of notifications coming to the mobile phone, who, according to the conditions of the experiment, remained with the participant, the youth showed the same results as older people who were not distracted: the time to complete the task increased.
What things can you do at the same time?
Despite such sad prospects, it is still possible to do some things at the same time. The main requirement for such tasks is simple: they should require a minimum of your attention and participation in the execution process.
If, for example, you come home from work, there is nothing wrong with putting on the electric kettle and doing the dishes yourself: you are unlikely to be so exhausted that you forget to pour the right amount of water.
But if you put a pot of milk on the stove and you decide to thoroughly clean your computer of viruses, unnecessary files and everything else, prepare for failure: either your milk will “run away”, or you will be forced to be distracted every now and then, and the process of completing both tasks will slow down significantly.
As you can see, it is impossible to clearly determine whether it is possible to do several things at the same time and still manage to do everything. A lot depends on both your brain capacity and the type of tasks you want to do. We can only say one thing: doing something that requires high concentration, at the same time as something else, is more expensive for yourself. Most likely, you will worsen the result for both tasks.
However, it is still possible to master the simultaneous performance of some tasks. However, in addition to desire, it may be necessary to “pump up” the brain: it may turn out that the current resources are not enough to support multitasking.
Many people believe that you can train your brain only with the help of boring cramming, piles of thick books and long educational films, but in reality this is not so: it is quite possible to pump up your brain by training your body. This way you will get a double benefit: you will also achieve an attractive appearance, and a “pumped up” brain, capable of handling a much larger volume of cases and tasks than before.
Tell us what you think about this: do you think multitasking is harmful for the brain or not? Does it affect the quality of the result of the task being performed? Why?
According to legend, only Gaius Julius Caesar could perfectly do several things at the same time and not get tired. But nevertheless, having breakfast at the computer with the TV on, browsing Twitter and Facebook, while simultaneously sending emails and communicating via Skype is not uncommon today.
For many people, multitasking is much less effective than working on one problem at a time. Why is it so difficult for us to focus on completing a single task, and we are constantly distracted by unimportant ones?
We feel efficient when we do multiple things at once.
When we learn something while chatting with friends online or watching TV, we feel as if we are doing everything at once, and we perceive ourselves as incredibly effective.
Unfortunately, everything is exactly the opposite. The study found that students who multitasked felt great, but their performance was much worse than their classmates who did just one task.
Moreover, doing many tasks at once actually takes a lot more time than doing them one after another.
Comparison of the time required to complete 4 different tasks simultaneously and separately
"Tackling many tasks at once takes much more time than doing them one after another"
Another problem is that multitasking people appear to be very productive on the surface, so we want to be like them. We see how someone can sign up for a newsletter using email, while talking on the phone and making edits to the blog, and we think: “This is incredible! I want to be able to do this too!”
So, unconsciously, we force ourselves to do more and more things, which only reduces our productivity.
What happens to our brain when we multitask? The most interesting thing is that our brain cannot do several things at once. If we're eating lunch while Facebooking and composing an email, our brains are frantically switching between eating, socializing, and writing. So-called “centers of attention” are formed in our heads.
The image below shows different areas of brain activity for different tasks, which the brain switches between. Attention is allocated to each zone in turn, so we focus on each task for just a few seconds at a time:
Clifford Nass, a Stanford researcher, suggested that those who multitask develop special skills such as filtering information, quickly switching between tasks and excellent memory. Imagine his surprise when it turned out that everything was completely wrong.
People who multitask are much worse at filtering information and switching between tasks than those who focus on a single task.
How to develop the ability to do one task at a time
Three steps will help you get rid of multitasking:
1. One tab in the browser
As the name implies, for higher concentration it is worth keeping only one active tab in the browser. For example, first we respond to emails, then we read the latest tweets, and only after that we open the work environment.
2. Planning things
A very good technique is also to plan the upcoming day in the evening or morning and be sure to carry it out. The main thing is not just to make a list, but also to explain them to your inner interlocutor: this will give you the feeling that half of the work has already been mentally done. All you have to do is look at these tasks and complete them.
3. Change your workplace at least once a day
Changing your environment periodically throughout the day will help you focus. To switch to a new task after finishing the previous one, get up and move to another location. For example, after working at home for the first half of the day, go to a cafe for lunch.
Of course, not everyone has the opportunity to easily change their workplace. Valve, for example, made movable desks for its employees so that they could change location during the working day.
Instead of a conclusion
According to Stanford professor Clifford Nass, humans have a special part of the brain for music, which means we can listen to music while doing something else.
The Assassination of Caesar (Carl Theodor Piloty, 1865). Photo: Wikipedia
Today's date, March 15, is significant because on this day Gaius Julius Caesar, the ancient Roman statesman and politician, commander. Many rumors and legends have lived for centuries about this historical figure, some of which we will present here.
Place of Caesar's death
For example, many people mistakenly believe that Caesar was killed in the Senate building. However, this is not true. The Senate burned down before Caesar took the reins of power. He gave the order to build a new curia, but during his lifetime he never saw it. The Senate was completed under Octavian Augustus, and the building that has survived to this day was erected during the reign of Emperor Diocletian.
Due to the fact that specific place There were no meetings; they were held in different rooms all the time. Moreover, this practice continued even after the curia appeared. On the day when Caesar was killed, the meeting place was chosen next to the “new building” - the Theater of Pompey. It was here that the conspirators attacked the “emperor.” During the reign of Augustus, the site of Caesar's murder was considered cursed and was walled up, and a public restroom was built nearby.
A bust found at the bottom of the Rhone identified with Caesar. Photo: Wikipedia Were Caesar's last words "And you, Brutus?"
It is believed that Caesar called out these words when he saw that Marcus Junius Brutus had drawn his weapon and was preparing to strike. This phrase became a catchphrase, however, it was apparently invented and immortalized by William Shakespeare in his play Julius Caesar. The Greek philosopher and biographer Plutarch, who describes in detail the murder of a Roman politician, does not report any phrases thrown by Caesar to Brutus: “Some say that, fighting off the conspirators, Caesar rushed about and shouted, but when he saw Brutus with a drawn sword, he attacked head toga and exposed himself to blows. The historian and writer Suetonius also expressed doubt that Caesar said anything to Brutus: “And so he was struck by twenty-three blows, only at the first he let out not even a cry, but a groan, although some suggest that Mark rushed at him He said to Brutus: “And you, my child!”
Caesar's name was Caius
This version of honoring the so-called praenomen, or personal name of Gaius Julius Caesar, is indicated in many different sources. This and fiction(for example, in “The Golden Calf” by Ilf and Petrov). However, this pronunciation of the name is incorrect. The reasons for incorrect pronunciation may lie in the following. Initially, the sounds [k] and [g] were not distinguished in any way in written Latin. In addition, the alphabet from which Latin subsequently developed did not contain the letter [g]. As literacy began to spread among the Romans and written information increased, a tail was added to C to distinguish similar sounds. In this case, the capital letter C was used as the initial of the names Guy and Gney (C and CN). The Romans very much did not like to change what had already become traditional. And if they abbreviated the name Augustus as AVG, then the name Gaius was still abbreviated as S. This could be the reason for the incorrect naming of the Roman commander.
Gaius Julius Caesar dictates his sayings. Pelagio Palaggi, 1813 Caesar could do several things at once
It is believed that Gaius Julius Caesar could do several things at the same time. Suetonius, in his biography of Augustus, writes that during circus performances Caesar “read letters and papers or wrote replies to them.” Plutarch notes with reference to a certain Oppius that Caesar could, during a campaign, sitting on a horse, dictate a text to several scribes for different letters. Pliny the Elder in his Natural History informs us that “he knew how to write or read and at the same time dictate and listen. He could dictate four letters to his secretaries at a time, and on the most important issues; and if he was not busy with anything else, then seven letters.” Scientists have proven that a person is not able to do several things at the same time, like electronic computers. What is described here is nothing more than skillful switching from one task to another, correct prioritization.
Caesar is a descendant of the ancient gods
Caesar was very fond of mentioning that the Julian family, to which he belongs, dates back to the ancient Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus. Caesar considered Aeneas, the progenitor of Romulus and Remus, to be his ancestor. Aeneas was supposedly the son greek goddess the love of Aphrodite and the nephew of King Priam, the last ruler of fallen Troy. Caesar used this “fact” for personal gain.
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