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Posted by Rob Walker on May 7, 2009
Posted Under: Non-Daily Linkpile

Choice blindness: “Role of ‘narratization,’ the ability of the mind to make a coherent story out what’s happening, with you as the main character, even when it’s clear that the outcome was determined externally.” Interesting writeup with several good links.
More on attention: “It may be possible to improve your attention by using pulses of light to directly synchronize your neurons.” Yikes! Anyway I’m surprised that so far in the writing about Rapt I haven’t seen mention of Csikszentmihalyi’s “flow” idea. But maybe I haven’t been paying close enough attention.
Lunch Bag Art: Pretty amazing, no? Via Amy Shaw/ Unconsumption.tumblr.com.
Mass media helps Web media again.: This item mentions in passing that Twitter has grown *40 percent a week* since Oprah hyped it.