# Andrew - The Neuroscience of Busyness (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/59129537) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Andrew]] **Full Title**:: The Neuroscience of Busyness **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [calnewport.com](https://calnewport.com/the-neuroscience-of-busyness/) **Host**:: [[calnewport.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2026-03-19]] **Created**:: [[2026-03-21]] ## Highlights - When presented with a challenging scenario, humans cannot evaluate every possible solution, so we instead deploy heuristics to prune this search space down to a much smaller number of promising candidates. As this paper demonstrates, when engaged in this pruning, we’re biased toward solutions that *add* components instead of those that *subtract* them. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01km36zw9m0twbsxs430wmrp3r)) ^998430932 - Focus your attention on a single target, and give yourself the space to do it better. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01km372e2rv773fm0hg5y1kt2w)) ^998431408