[ Series / Parallel ]

I vaguely remember my ‘introduction to electrical engineering’ course in first year university.  I remember there were imaginary numbers involved, and I remember the importance of knowing if a circuit needed to be in series or could be in parallel.  In the first case: one thing at a time.  In the second: multiple processes could occur at the same time.

There’s a piece of advice out there that says, “slow down, accomplish more”.  That might be true.  The one I like better, though, is “Do one thing at a time”.  For humans, working in series is better than in parallel.