To see the "spotlight of attention" masterfully exploited, I recommend Apollo Robbins[1]. Yes, his slight of hand is very impressive, but his act is fundamental

To see the "spotlight of attention" masterfully exploited, I recommend Apollo Robbins[1]. Yes, his slight of hand is very impressive, but his act is fundamentally about how he fills up your attention input buffer, notices where you are allocating your "attention spotlight", and works with a blatant flourish just outside of that spotlight. The overlap with "walk in with confidence holding a clipboard" approah to security is obvious; Apollo Robbins has even given a talk at DEFCON[2] about the implications of this approach to attention & security. I find his demonstrations a very humbling lesson in just how weak our actual perception of reality really is. [1] https://video.newyorker.com/watch/apollo-robbins-tricks-of-the-trade https://video.newyorker.com/watch/apollo-robbins-tricks-of-t... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kkOKvPrdZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kkOKvPrdZ4