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Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything―Even Things That Seem Impossible Today by Jane McGonigal
World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tool s to imagine the future without fear. “An accessible, optimistic field guide to the future. ” —San Francisco Chronicl e “Reading this book is like sitting down with a creative, optimistic friend—and getting up as a new version of yourself.” – Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of When The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war — events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures. In Imaginable , Jane McGonigal draws on the latest scientific research in psychology and neuroscience to show us how to train our minds to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable. She invites us to play with the provocative thought experiments and future simulations she’s designed exclusively for this book, with the goal to: Build our collective imagination so that we can dive into the future and envision, in surprising detail, what our lives will look like ten years from now Develop the courage and vision to solve problems creatively Take actions and make decisions that will help shape the future we desire Access “urgent optimism,” an unstoppable force within each of us that activates our sense of agency Imaginable teaches us to be fearless, resilient, and bold in realizing a world with possibilities we cannot yet imagine—until reading this transformative, inspiring, and necessary book Read more
I preordered and PAID for Imaginable months ago! So yes, I am a huge fan of McGonigal and have been eagerly awaiting her next book for years. Just received on March 22, but just from a brief scan of the book I am completely blown away by Imaginable’s scope, research depth, and how timely it is in a world so desperately searching for better solutions to so many seemly impossible world wide problems. I will soon update this unsolicited review with more details as I read this book. Disclaimer & full disclosure: I do not know Jane nor anyone related to her commercially or by blood. I am a long time fan and I am the Tampa Joe antidotally mentioned in a few paragraphs of her book, Superbetter, page 253. I was not asked to write this review.
Publisher -> Spiegel & Grau (March 22, 2022) Language -> English Hardcover -> 432 pages ISBN-10 -> 1954118090 ISBN-13 -> 978-1954118096 Item Weight -> 1.55 pounds Dimensions -> 6.13 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #9,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #21 in Climatology #25 in Economic History (Books) #38 in Popular Neuropsychology
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