One Weird Trick

Attention is the scarcest resource we have, but we’re surprisingly bad at controlling how we pay attention to the world around us. Magic historian David Britland explains the psychological traits around attention that magicians have understood for centuries, and how they affect us in the real world.

David Britland

I am a freelance writer and consultant specialising in all areas of deception including psychology, magic, the paranormal, con tricks and illusion.