When people get interrupted and switch attention, they don't immediately return to the original task; instead, they experience a chain of interruptions, working on an average of about 2.25 intervening projects before returning to the original task.

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Gloria Mark

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people experience a a chain of interruptions you can think of these as nested interruptions so you get interrupted then you get interrupted from that and people are working on different tasks different projects before they return to that original thing

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Tired? Distracted? Burned-Out? Listen to This.The Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:08 PM

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