Casinos\nof Las Vegas provide the addiction templates to digital products designers who\nuse similar trigger based variable reward systems to draw users back to their\napplications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I\ndidn\u2019t know of B.F.Skinner form Harvard, the father of the \u201cSkinner Box\u201d or\nB.J.Fogg from Stanford, the father of Behavior Design. There is a lot to think and learn about how\nTech companies are fusing the addictive principles of a slot machine like\necosystem with a critical tool like the phone, ensuring we get back to it 150\ntimes a day. Product designers between the age of 25 to 35 living in SFO decide\nwhat to nudge with and in which direction, for billions of people online world\nover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
B.\nJ Fogg and his students including, Nir Eyal, Mike Krieger (Founder of\nInstagram) and Tristan Harris (on the other side of the spectrum working to\ndefine the Ethics in the Digital era), are in focus. The article \n– The Scientists Who Make Apps Addictive, in The Economist magazine – 1843, is written\nby Ian Leslie, author of the books \u201c\u201dBorn Liar\u201d and \u201cCurious\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are your thoughts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Link to the article is given below<\/p>\n\n\n\n