Multitasking and creativity

Following up on this post, see this article. An excerpt:

"Citing Steven Johnson’s book “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History Of Innovation,” Barker presents a theory that says messiness is an indicator of intelligence. The basis of the theory hinges on the idea that a more congested, idea-cluttered brain will lead to more potential breakthroughs. [...] Instead of zoning into one specific way of thinking, serial tasking (or multitasking) forces you to shuffle between thought processes and encourages your brain to 'approach intellectual roadblocks from new angles or to borrow tools from one discipline to solve problems in another.'”