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Swoopo: Irrational escalation of commitment
Persuasion & control round-up
Detailing and retailing
Pier pressure
The Terminal Bench
Portioning blame
Deliberately creating worry
Anti-user seating in Oxford
Objects in mirror are wider than they appear
Packet switching
Coercive atmospherics reach the bus shelter
The fight back: loyalty card subversion
Creating false memories
Teaching customers a lesson
Behaviour shaping round-up
Review: Made to Break by Giles Slade
Review: We Know What You Want by Martin Howard
Locking users in by making it difficult to leave
Some interesting aspects of built-in obsolescence
Spiked: When did ‘hanging around’ become a social problem?
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