Paolo Cardini: Forget multitasking, try monotasking

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

譯者: Regina Chu 審譯者: Marssi Draw

I'm a designer and an educator.

我是位設計師及教育家

I'm a multitasking person, and I push my students

我是個一心多用的人，我常鼓勵我的學生

to fly through a very creative, multitasking design process.

去體驗富有創意又多工的設計過程

But how efficient is, really, this multitasking?

但說真的，一心多用能多有效率？

Let's consider for a while the option of monotasking.

讓我們稍稍思考一下專心一致這個選項

A couple of examples.

舉幾個例子

Look at that.

看看這個

This is my multitasking activity result. (Laughter)

這就是我一心多用的結果（笑聲）

So trying to cook, answering the phone, writing SMS,

所以我一邊烤肉、一邊回電話、發簡訊

and maybe uploading some pictures

還上傳了幾張超讚的

about this awesome barbecue.

烤肉照片

So someone tells us the story about supertaskers,

那麼，總是有人講起多工超人的故事

so this two percent of people who are able

這百分之二的超人的確可以

to control multitasking environment.

掌握一心多用的情境

But what about ourselves, and what about our reality?

但我們行嗎？現實中可能嗎？

When's the last time you really enjoyed

你上一次單純只因為

just the voice of your friend?

聽到朋友的聲音 而感到愉快是多久以前的事了？

So this is a project I'm working on,

所以這就是我正在做的計劃

and this is a series of front covers

這是一系列的手機殻

to downgrade our super, hyper —

要把我們的超 —

(Laughter) (Applause)

（笑聲）（掌聲）

to downgrade our super, hyper-mobile phones

超多功能手機降級

into the essence of their function.

變回原有的單純功能

Another example: Have you ever been to Venice?

另一個例子是，你去過威尼斯嗎？

How beautiful it is to lose ourselves in these little streets

那些島上的小街

on the island.

美得令人忘我

But our multitasking reality is pretty different,

但我們一心多用的現實卻不是如此

and full of tons of information.

資訊多到爆

So what about something like that

所以何不重拾

to rediscover our sense of adventure?

我們的冒險精神？

I know that it could sound pretty weird to speak about mono

我知道在這個什麼都可能有的時代裡 (約有95萬種應用程式供下載)

when the number of possibilities is so huge,

談專心一致聽起來實在有點奇怪

but I push you to consider the option of

但我勸你考慮

focusing on just one task,

一次只專注一件事

or maybe turning your digital senses totally off.

或乾脆把你的數位感官全都關掉

So nowadays, everyone could produce his mono product.

現在，每個人都可以製造自己的單一產品

Why not? So find your monotask spot

為什麼不呢？就在這個一心多用的世界裡

within the multitasking world.

找一個讓自己專心一致的地方吧！

Thank you.

謝謝

(Applause)

（掌聲）