I also appreciated that Schull doesn't pick the low hanging fruit of screamy social advocacy and calls of violence and victimization. It's an interesting book, but it's also just really well designed and put together. All of this means that I read through it faster, processed the complex arguments more easily, and retained more of the content and message as I read along. I also LOVE that her chapters are all about 20-30 pages. She has a really excellent sense of narrative and flow, and her organization is linear, thematically sound, and well organized. I found her text approachable and engaging. Schull is also just a really good writer. However, I didn't just enjoy this book because I am a total nerd for the subject matter. Needless to say, this kind of writing is totally my bag. I am an academic, and my field of study is addiction. I al This is one of the best, most engaging academic books I have read in a long time. This is one of the best, most engaging academic books I have read in a long time.
"Addiction by Design" is a compelling inquiry into the intensifying traffic between people and machines of chance, offering clues to some of the broader anxieties and predicaments of contemporary life.more Schull describes the strategic calculations behind game algorithms and machine ergonomics, casino architecture and "ambience management," player tracking and cash access systems-all designed to meet the market's desire for maximum "time on device." Her account moves from casino floors into gamblers' everyday lives, from gambling industry conventions and Gamblers Anonymous meetings to regulatory debates over whether addiction to gambling machines stems from the consumer, the product, or the interplay between the two. In continuous machine play, gamblers seek to lose themselves while the gambling industry seeks profit. Once in the zone, gambling addicts play not to win but simply to keep playing, for as long as possible-even at the cost of physical and economic exhaustion.
"Addiction by Design" takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward.ĭrawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schull shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the "machine zone," in which daily worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away. "Addiction by Design" takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, r Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. If you are attending at Las Vegas CES 2019, we can schedule 1:1 meetings.Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Space of exhibition in net square feet Just a little video as a reminder of the previous edition Meet Numerized at Las Vegas CES : Social Media reach with #CES2018 and Mentions on Twitter 2.7M Total exhibitors from around the world 1M More than 180,000 exhibitors are attending : CEOs of startups or established companies, investors, journalists or just tech addicts will be in the Casino’s world town. Just 2 months after Lisbon’s Websummit, a new tech event is coming soon. Here today, gone tomorrow ! CES should enlighten us for 2019. And what does the CES mean ? Really easy : Consumer Electronic Show ! The main tech event worldwild where startups and major companies present their latest innovations during 4 days.
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