Addiction By Design
Posted: August 11, 2014 Filed under: America Since 1945 Leave a comment
This is a fascinating book about addiction, compulsion, psychology, sociology, the relationship of people and technology.
I heard about it from Tyler Cowen of course. Here are some unauthorized excerpts:
“Sharon”:
Schull quotes extensively from “Designing Casinos To Dominate The Competition” by Bill Friedman:
I’d love to read that book but it costs $199.
How about this?:
This detail:
Bob Dancer
Posted: October 6, 2017 Filed under: the American West Leave a comment
fascinated by this quote in this New York Times article about the Vegas shooter.
Made me think about Addiction By Design which we discussed here. Would love to hear Natasha Dow Schüll’s take on this guy.
Helytimes 