Natasha Dow Schüll spent 15 years studying Las Vegas casinos and the slot machines designed to pull users into a "machine zone" where worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away. She joins The Agenda to discuss her book, "Addiction by Design," and those pocket slot machines: smart phones.


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