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One thing I like to add to this is that there is a cost of context switch (average of 15-25 minutes, depending on the study, and obviously varying significantly between types of tasks), and we lose focus when waiting takes more than 15s or 30s [citation missing, though you can look it up].

Slow feedback loop will add the above 15-20 minutes as soon as you switch to something else because it took more than 15-30s (on average, though).

I like to note that there are also people who are amazing good at both regaining focus, and not getting flustered by switching between tasks. I am not one of them, though :)