How Game Designers Secretly Run Your LifeGames have captivated people since ancient times. Now they run our lives Boris Zhitkov/Getty ImagesIn an ancient Hindu hymn, a game of dice was compared to an addictive drug. Three thousand years later, when the world’s first casino emerged in Renaissance Venice, it prompted a near collapse of the ruling class because they bankrupted themselves gambling.We can learn a lot about ourselves as a species by studying what fascinates us. People have been captiv...