Vol. 2
The Tiger’s Hunger
The architecture of the abyss
TRILOGY
The Tiger’s Hunger
Here the focus changes: less ‘luck’, more system. What looks like personal choice reveals a mechanism that learns, measures and nudges.
What you’ll find inside
- How products shape behaviour through repetition
- Near-miss engineering and intermittent reinforcement
- Personalisation: when the system ‘reads’ you
- The profit illusion and the real cost of the loop
- Why the question stops being ‘why did I click?’
Content notice
The central topic is Gambling Disorder (online betting), focused on understanding, prevention and recovery — without glamourising the behaviour.
- Betting/gambling and compulsive behaviour
- Algorithmic manipulation and urgency
- Financial loss and family conflict
Read a sample
A short excerpt so you can feel the rhythm and tone (no meaningful spoilers).
Micro excerpt
“The problem isn’t the click — it’s the system learning from every click.”
Introduction
Volume 2 enters the ‘architecture’: how the experience is designed to keep you close to the button, even when you already know you’re losing.
Hunger becomes metaphor: not only hunger for money, but hunger for relief, numbness, quick meaning — and the system serves it in measured doses.
You realise the loop doesn’t depend on winning. It depends on hope constantly refreshed by near-wins.