# Forget multitasking, try monotasking

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Paolo Cardini
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/paolo_cardini_forget_multitasking_try_monotasking)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

People don't just cook anymore -- they're cooking, texting, talking on the phone, watching YouTube and uploading photos of the awesome meal they just made. Designer Paolo Cardini questions the efficiency of our multitasking world and makes the case for -- gasp -- "monotasking."

## Lectures

1. [Forget multitasking, try monotasking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paolo_cardini_forget_multitasking_try_monotasking/7b28a49725e1), 3 min (TED's player)