“What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.” LooksMistakePercentTasksIncreaseProductivityMultipleBack And ForthSwitchingMultitasking Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally wrong and immoral, not a mistake. And that attitude lasted as long as polls were taken in the early '80s.” LooksLongSaidWarMistakeAttitudeOpinionTakenPercentPopulationVietnam80sImmoralPublic OpinionPollsVietnam War Author:Noam Chomsky
“The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.” PeopleThinkingMenHumansWellsEndsRaceMistakeHeardActivityPercentOriginalsAveragePositive AtheismHuman RaceRepetitionClicheAverage ManOriginal Thought Author:H. L. Mencken
“The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.” TryingMadeLyingHumanityMistakePercentNineFatsAshamedNinetyHumiliatedNinety Nine Author:J. K. Rowling