ELON: “FEAR ISN’T THE MIND-KILLER, CONTEXT SWITCHING IS”
Elon says the real productivity killer isn’t fear, it’s constantly jumping between tasks, and he's got a point.
Running X, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and xAI, he describes his daily reality as “information triage,” fighting off inbox chaos and trying not to overwhelm his brain.
“I have a lot of inbound communication, so it’s basically information triage.
I try to segment my days to avoid too much context switching.
Because arguably, fear isn’t the mind-killer, context switching is.
It’s hard not to context-switch when your inbox is full of stuff, but think about it: if you had to context-switch every 3 seconds, every 30 seconds, or even every 3 minutes, the cognitive penalty would be enormous.”
Source: @KatieMiller, @elonmusk
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