There is growing evidence that this business of ''multi-tasking'' is getting way, way out of hand. You've seen those half-wits chattering on the phone while speeding down the freeway. We're not talking about them, although they're dangerous enough. We're talking about the yahoos chattering on the phone while speeding down the freeway and putting on their makeup and checking the fax machine and sending e-mail.
American manufacturers are multi-tasking enablers.
If there's a theme to the new millennium, it's that we can do it all - and manufacturers are busy coming up with gadgets to help us do it all at once. Whether it's a computer in our car or a computer in our chair or a computer in our wristwatch, the goal is to make our lives easier. But many of us feel more stressed every day. It's a myth that time is money. Wait till you see what we come up with next.