The Distracted Mind 

Henry: "hello there"

This is VERY IMPORTANT for teenagers to see as they begin driving! Regardless, of how it applies to adults with more practice focusing on several tasks at one time. Many of us can handle more than one task, many cannot. It depends on the person, their specifically unique brain, as with all other things. However, teens are different! their experience level, generally, is at the beginner level! For those who have teenagers and for the sake of those who do not, please reinforce this concept!!!!

I wish I could refer this video to all employers when they ask "Can you Multitask?"

THIS VIDEO IS LITERALLY MY DAILY LIFE. I now work as an interpreter and I just realized how horrible I am. 5 seconds of distraction and I'm already lost.

Such cute animation ^_^

Teacher: I'm not Henry stickman Kid: then what distracted me Also kids brain: memes

lol is anyone watching this video in the car?

Just got into and minor accident yesterday.... I learned I need to devote my full attention to driving every time I am behind the wheel. No more needless distractions.

Thanks for sharing :) It helps

Great video!

I read somewhere that there is multitasking but only one way. Since we have two eyes we can analyze whole texts by scanning. One eye looks for the next important word, while the other pays attention and reads in the minds eye. Other than that, you should focus on whatever you are doing if you don't you'll be slower, more prone to error, and learn a lot less.

Simple and fun !

.....wow...great vid

how you created this amazing animation, I'm in love with this animation

Nobody: Henry Stickman: *Understandable, have a great day*

Driving focus comes first--eyes on the road. If I'm talking to someone, listening to the radio, or whatever, driving still comes first. I don't miss what's happening on the road, I'll miss what's happening in the conversation. I know that even a very brief distraction at 60mph can be deadly and most people don't realize how long they are losing focus. That being said, some people can multitask better than others, but I'm definitely not one of them.

Others talking related to the topic Me : The animated character clicking photos even after he's hurt by a lion 💀💀

meanwhile henry: “time to get disctracted”

I like how he sliced Pi and made it Tau.

Muy bueno

Nice animation

Trauma also keeps the mind distracted.

We really need self-driving cars

This content is an anchor. A book I read with like-minded themes provided a solid foundation for change. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

Spongebob’s driving be like 0:28

im get a phone later and never going to text and drive or talk on the phone

Not sure what this video is about. Was multitasking.

to be honest, my cat ALWAYS distracts me somehow in one way or anoth

It sounds like this video is narrated by Henry from MinutePhysics.

I wonder what would happened if they put an example where he plays Ingress XD

Henry Ford probably noticed how his employees work better when not “multitasking”.

Not to sound ignorant but what about headsets, blue tooths and hands free devices? I never talk on or text with a hand held device while driving but I have used a headset that is speech activated. Is this now considered to be dangerous now as well?

Henry: am i a joke to you

So i basically made myself easily distracted by aiming to multitask... Shit.

i watched brain games in science class today...

single full-time working mothers: Allow me to introduce myself

Wow

I wonder about these guys who put dislike! why ?

I was distracted the whole video

I knew it

I day dreamt (?) all my life before smartphones, I guess smartphones made it worse. I didn't have a cellphone until I was like 17-18 and didn't have a smartphone until I was 23 (I'm a 34-year old millenial).

Imaginee if *HENRY* was here

Good thing our car makers aren't also phone makers, lest they try to sell you both.

So when we're away day dreaming .....who's driving the car. 😨

The problem is this - anyone who needs to be told that it's not safe to text and drive doesn't need to be driving.

Hi

Your day of driving will be eventful if you hit me because you're on your phone. Just make sure you hit the driver door, because you do not want me coming out of my baby.

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Kay n non

I think it is possible for driving to become an automated process like walking. There are many times that I have been in a conversation and found that my autopilot has has taken me to wrong place. Meanwhile I have driven through freeway traffic, intersections, etc. I have done this for years without accidents (and only two accidently ran stop lights). Frankly I wish someone would do a study to see if people can actually automate their driving process to the same degree as walking. I would not be surprised if their is a large portion of us who can do, but a large portion that can not. As a person who just traveled 1500 miles on a freeway while listening to youtube videos & surffing the internet the whole way, I increasingly feel like I am being punished for the actions of moronic minority.

I change the radio station while driving, just be careful!

Actually I disagree that the mind is hard wired to focus on a single task; surely quite the opposite is true. We have evolved from surviving in a wilderness environment where taking in the whole of our surroundings and switching tasks quickly is essential to survive. All our senses create a milieu of input from all around us. The mind sorts through millions of messages a second to come up with a single answer to the question; is it safe? Until this answer is satisfied, the mind will continually seek out new stimuli to assess the question. The problem with cars is their perceived safety that removes this question. Since the car is apparently safe, the mind begins to seek out other stimuli and hence we are enabled to mistakenly switch to another task. It is not the person that is at fault, but the inability to perceive danger.

*Who else is here because of Henry Stickmin?*

Or just develop self driving vehicle!