Charan Ranganath

So what I'm trying to do is set aside a time where I'm like, this is my email time. This is my writing time. This is my goofing off time. And so blocking these things off, you give yourself the goofing off time. Sometimes I do that. And sometimes I have to be flexible and go like, okay, I'm definitely not focusing. I'm going to give myself the downtime. And it's an investment.

So what I'm trying to do is set aside a time where I'm like, this is my email time. This is my writing time. This is my goofing off time. And so blocking these things off, you give yourself the goofing off time. Sometimes I do that. And sometimes I have to be flexible and go like, okay, I'm definitely not focusing. I'm going to give myself the downtime. And it's an investment.

It's not like wasting time. It's an investment in my attention later on. Mm-hmm.

It's not like wasting time. It's an investment in my attention later on. Mm-hmm.

It's not like wasting time. It's an investment in my attention later on. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I mean, you probably see this, I imagine, in AI conferences, but definitely in neuroscience conferences. It's now the norm that people have their laptops out during talks. And, you know, conceivably they're writing, you know, they're writing notes. But in fact, what often happens if you look at people, we can speak from a little bit of

Yeah, I mean, you probably see this, I imagine, in AI conferences, but definitely in neuroscience conferences. It's now the norm that people have their laptops out during talks. And, you know, conceivably they're writing, you know, they're writing notes. But in fact, what often happens if you look at people, we can speak from a little bit of

Yeah, I mean, you probably see this, I imagine, in AI conferences, but definitely in neuroscience conferences. It's now the norm that people have their laptops out during talks. And, you know, conceivably they're writing, you know, they're writing notes. But in fact, what often happens if you look at people, we can speak from a little bit of

personal experience is you're checking email and you're like, or I'm working on my own talk, but often it's like you're doing things that are not paying attention. And I have this illusion, well, I'm paying attention and then I'm going back. And then what happens is I don't remember anything from that day. It just kind of vanished because what happens is

personal experience is you're checking email and you're like, or I'm working on my own talk, but often it's like you're doing things that are not paying attention. And I have this illusion, well, I'm paying attention and then I'm going back. And then what happens is I don't remember anything from that day. It just kind of vanished because what happens is

personal experience is you're checking email and you're like, or I'm working on my own talk, but often it's like you're doing things that are not paying attention. And I have this illusion, well, I'm paying attention and then I'm going back. And then what happens is I don't remember anything from that day. It just kind of vanished because what happens is

I'm creating all these artificial event boundaries. I'm losing all this executive function. Every time I switch, I'm getting like a few seconds slower and I'm catching up mentally to what's happening. And so instead of being in a model where you're meaningfully integrating everything and predicting and generating this kind of like rich model, I'm just catching up, you know?

I'm creating all these artificial event boundaries. I'm losing all this executive function. Every time I switch, I'm getting like a few seconds slower and I'm catching up mentally to what's happening. And so instead of being in a model where you're meaningfully integrating everything and predicting and generating this kind of like rich model, I'm just catching up, you know?

I'm creating all these artificial event boundaries. I'm losing all this executive function. Every time I switch, I'm getting like a few seconds slower and I'm catching up mentally to what's happening. And so instead of being in a model where you're meaningfully integrating everything and predicting and generating this kind of like rich model, I'm just catching up, you know?

And so, yeah, there's great research by Melina Unkefer and Anthony Wagner on multitasking that people can look up that talks about just how bad it is for memory. And, you know, it's becoming worse and worse of a problem.

And so, yeah, there's great research by Melina Unkefer and Anthony Wagner on multitasking that people can look up that talks about just how bad it is for memory. And, you know, it's becoming worse and worse of a problem.

And so, yeah, there's great research by Melina Unkefer and Anthony Wagner on multitasking that people can look up that talks about just how bad it is for memory. And, you know, it's becoming worse and worse of a problem.

Yeah, so I started playing music just when I was doing trumpet in school for a school band, and I would just read music and play, and it was pretty decent at it. Not great, but it was decent.

Yeah, so I started playing music just when I was doing trumpet in school for a school band, and I would just read music and play, and it was pretty decent at it. Not great, but it was decent.

Yeah, so I started playing music just when I was doing trumpet in school for a school band, and I would just read music and play, and it was pretty decent at it. Not great, but it was decent.