Addiction by design
Natasha Dow Schull's research shows that casinos engineer machines to increase the time players use them, suggesting that it's not just a matter of 'self-control' for gamblers. It's a worrying sign of the future as more and more our technologies start to use these design techniques....
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Natasha Dow Schull's research shows that casinos engineer machines to increase the time players use them, suggesting that it's not just a matter of 'self-control' for gamblers. It's a worrying sign of the future as more and more our technologies start to use these design techniques.
<ul> <li>Natasha's book <a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9156.html">Addiction by Design</a></li> </ul>