Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

This book by Natasha Dow Schull was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Andrew Huberman. The people who vouched for it on air: Keith Humphreys. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, consciousness, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “There's a tremendous book Addiction by Design... about gambling and she profiles people who play video poker, many of whom work in the casino.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “There's a tremendous book”
  Keith Humphreys · Huberman Lab · Jan 202600:59:25

  Said during "How to Overcome Addiction to Substances or Behaviors | Dr. Keith Humphreys". The episode features Dr. Keith Humphreys: Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine and one of the world's foremost experts on addictive substances and behaviors. He has advised addiction policy under both Republican and Democratic administrations and worked a decade as a hospice counselor. Stanford addiction expert Dr. Keith Humphreys explains how to think about, avoid, and overcome addiction to substances and behaviors.