This is Steveer Robbins.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

I've been reading a lot about how multitasking in technology is rewiring our brains.

There's now research showing the technology causes our brain to develop differently,

or at least I think there is, because I've only really skimmed the first couple of paragraphs of the articles. Uh, yeah, okay. Truthfully, I've read the headlines, and that's

about the limit of how much I can pay attention. Yesterday, one of the articles talked about how many

people are literally unable to read a full article without checking mail, getting distracted,

and doing other things. During that article, I probably checked email twice

and Facebook twice. I realized that the evil brain training has happened to me already, and it is not

happy-making. I no longer know how to focus and how to stay focused. The all-knowing gods of Silicon

Valley are doing this quite consciously. Steve Jobs strictly limited his kid's screen time. He knew exactly what damage his

products do to the brain. Perhaps someday they'll stop being greedy psychopaths and invent a product

that actually helps us rather than hurts us. On the other hand, my Apple stock is doing really well,

and after all, that's what matters. As we know from my recent episode on decision-making, there's a link in this episode's

transcript, it's easier to adopt absolute rules than it is to make nuanced decisions.

So where can we find rules that restore our brains and teach us how to focus?

We just need to return to the pre-high-tech bastion of sanity, the 1980s.

So get out your leg warmers and your neon dance clothes, practice your moves from flash dance,

feather your hair and grab your mascara.

And ladies, what are you waiting for?

You can't let the men have all the fun.

You should also get out your 1980s outfits.

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