This is how to see the future (and 5 ways to be ready for anything)

This is how to see the future (and 5 ways to be ready for anything)

Jane McGonigal, director of Game Research & Development at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, shares five key insights from her new book, Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything-Even Things That Seem Impossible Today.

Take a ten-year trip to the future

Ten years is enough time for society, and your own life, to become dramatically different

Be ridiculous-at first

Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous

Turn the world upside-down

Rewrite the facts of today

Build urgent optimism

Urgent optimism is a highly motivating, resilient mindset made up of three key psychological strengths: mental flexibility, realistic hope, and future power

Build urgent optimism

Urgent optimism is a highly motivating, resilient mindset made up of three key psychological strengths: mental flexibility, realistic hope, and future power

Be ridiculous-at first

Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous

Take a ten-year trip to the future

Ten years is enough time for society, and your own life, to become dramatically different

Look for clues

To find future clues, you need to develop a way of observing the world in which you spot weird stuff that others overlook

Look for clues

To find future clues, you need to develop a way of observing the world in which you spot weird stuff that others overlook

Turn the world upside-down

Rewrite the facts of today

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