Adoption - fun versus efficient

January 21 2011, 6:15 PM  by Wolf Cramer

I love how this diagram highlights that the adoption of 'fun' things is much more viral than the adoption of 'efficient' things. Of particular interest with this diagram is that it considers older innovations and how they took off. This is part of the allure of gamification.... making things fun.

This diagram is from the article "Household appliances and the use of time: the United States and Britain since the 1920s" by Sue Bowden and Avner Offer.  It was published in The Economic History Review, Volume 47, Issue 4, pages 725–748, November 1994.  

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adoption, gamification, strategy, viral

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  • Aug 3 2012, 3:47 PM
    DaphnE responded:
    Could I see a graph of Sunshine's adoption of the hotbox vs. her adoption of expensive wine? Oh man, I'm gonna work on this graph right now as a fun way to spend my last work hour of the week!