DISTRACTIONS
5 days ago
1 min read
By Mike Everley
Good magicians
master distraction
make you look where they want
not where you should be looking
spatial manipulation
finger dexterity
that's magic.
Bad politicians
spin distraction
make you think what they want
not what you should be thinking
cognitive manipulation
linguistic dexterity
that's politics.
Crime writers
utilise distraction
make you deduce what they want
not what you should be deducing
deductive manipulation
plot dexterity
that's criminal.
Cheating lovers
favour distraction
make you believe what they want
not what you should be believing
seductive manipulation
sensual dexterity
that's love.
Society itself
builds distractions
makes you value what it wants
not what you should be valuing
group manipulation
norm dexterity
that's control.