ORGANIC MULTITASKING (PDF-1700)

Just to mix it up, back in the early days of home computers we all learned the saga of the CPU (central processing unit), the fact that inside a computer chip a myriad of events are taking place, but the microprocessor is so blindingly fast that in CPU time it seems like a long interval between each single event, like waiting all day for something to happen as measured in our time. That was before multiple-core CPUs were available. Today we have multiple processors all working together at once. And CPU tasking is just an analogy here.

In my own life I find it helpful to use what I call "organic multitasking," a term I made up which gives attention-priority to whatever task is needed from a teleological standpoint, kind of jumping around based on priority. However, factories don't do this. Instead it is more convenient to complete one short linear section at a time, rather than jump all over the place.