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The book was listed as a recommendation, described as an anthropologist's study of Las Vegas slot machines and the gambling industry, drawing metaphors between casino addiction and broader societal behaviors.
The third is called Addiction by Design by Natasha Scholl. And Natasha is an MIU anthropologist who studied Las Vegas as like her thesis, basically. She did a lot of reporting just about the propertie...
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The book was listed as a recommendation, described as an anthropologist's study of Las Vegas slot machines and the gambling industry, drawing metaphors between casino addiction and broader societal behaviors.
The third is called Addiction by Design by Natasha Scholl. And Natasha is an MIU anthropologist who studied Las Vegas as like her thesis, basically. She did a lot of reporting just about the properties of slot machines and how addictive they are and about the casino gambling industry in general, and she draws metaphors between that and the rest of society.