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by ethbr1 632 days ago
I think multitasking is the mental trap. People seem to do better reasoning about unitasker tools.
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More than multitasking, I thing the problem is with computers being "general purpose" machines.
Also, to someone who doesn’t understand how a crane works, it’s use and function are somewhat apparent by looking at the machine.

A computer doesn’t look like it does any particular thing. If it can do surprising thing A, what about surprising thing B? C?