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Title: Why We Make Mistakes
Author: Joseph T. Hallinan
Editors: Broadway Books (2009)
Summary: In chapter four of Why We Make Mistakes, Hallinan discusses hindsight, and how we almost always view our previous actions and performances better than they actually were. He uses several different examples, ranging from specific ones that students can recall in their own personal lives, to that of documented political scandals like the Watergate incident. In his next chapter, Hallinan discusses the topic of multitasking, and dispite how good we all think we are at the skill, we'd actually be much better off doing one task at a time. His examples from this section generally stick to the automotive industry, and the various distractions that drivers have to deal with.
Discussion: Books like this have always fascinated me. No matter how many times we're told things such as "You're better off not trying to multitask", it's very hard to actually take to heart the advice offered in this book, even when you know it to unequivocally be true.
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