# Addiction by Design
**Domain:** Technology Studies / Gambling Systems
**Doc Type:** Book
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[Natasha Dow Schüll]], [[Variable-Ratio Schedule]], [[Attention Economy]], [[Recommendation Systems]], [[Schedule and Loop]]
## Definition
Addiction by Design is Natasha Dow Schüll's study of machine gambling, interface design and the engineered pursuit of continuous play.
## Schedule–Loop Context
Within the router it helps distinguish reward as a discrete prize from the system's deeper objective: maintaining a continuous relation between person and machine.
## Backlinks
- [[Schedule and Loop]]
- [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]]
- [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]