Deceptions in Haste

Speed is a good thing, in many ways. But sometimes, it can corrupt our otherwise worthwhile judgement. Human beings have, in the modern world, evolved to process information thrust in front of us without due process. While this tendency for speediness can be, in many ways, a good thing, lets first look at a great example of our hastiness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBPG_OBgTWg This fascinating video expertly shows how in or attempts to come to a conclusion, in this case, good directions and continuing on with our lives, we fail to see even some of the most blaring truths change in front of our eyes. A quick overview of the video would say that people are not aware of their surroundings, this only furthers my claim, as there is certainly more that we can obtain from the video. Why I think the people in the video hardly noticed the swap is because people tend to be objective driven, or, to put it  another way, care most only for arriving to a conclusion. In watching it again, or if you saw it the first time, I hope that you would have acknowledged that, after being asked for directions, the people looked almost instantly down at the map or away in the direction of Darren Brown's "destination". To me, this lack of eye contact and the immediate commencement of the direction finding show hard determination. To not try to find out who is asking for directions, but instead try to find the directions as quick as possible, illustrates the objective based mindset that practically every person asked for help had. The fact that the average person could actually be so mindless shows us of a very unnerving  vulnerability that neither you or I are ever fully aware of.