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Retailers, casinos, and grocery stores use a trick called temporal distortion to make you forget about the real world.

https://thehustle.co/originals...placement=newsletter

Kind of related to the story about the financial writer who was scammed. Brain shuts down:

A good reason to wear a wristwatch!

The “maze” environment was something I experienced in Bloomingdale’s in NY many years ago. (I don’t know if it’s still like this.) The decor was solid black, augmented with mirrors, and lots of confusing spaces, twists and turns. It was truly disorienting and a little scary, like being in a carnival funhouse.