Also, this was already brought up in class, but as you can see Gamification is in the "peak of inflated expectations" phase. It would be interesting to follow this trend and see how it survives through the disillusionment phase.

If gamification is being brought into so many different areas, including schools, businesses, campaigns, economics, and shopping, then it could be expected that this trend could survive the disillusionment and  reach the slope of enlightenment.

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