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The Future of Imagination
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The Future of Imagination


audio autogenerado
audio autogenerado

Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Strange as it may sound, if you can “remember the future, predict the past” and exhibit “hard empathy,” you will boost your creativity and be inspired to shape the future in which you want to live. In this hour-long presentation, futurist and game designer Jane McGonigal gives a crash course in developing these offbeat abilities. She keeps her listeners engaged by having them execute simple exercises to hone these skills. getAbstract recommends McGonigal’s groundbreaking talk to creatives, innovators and anyone who wants a hands-on role in molding the future.

Take-Aways

  • Computer games instill players with the sense that they can influence outcomes. Thus, gamers feel more assertive, hopeful and empowered to realize change. Honing a trio of skills can help you strengthen this “sense of agency” in the real world.
  • The first is “counterfactual memory” – that is, “predicting the past” by visualizing an alternate course your life might have taken had you made different choices in your past.
  • The second is “counterfactual foresight” – that is, “remembering the future” by imagining an event you have never experienced as though it has already happened.

About the Speaker

Game designer Jane McGonigal is the director of games research and development for the Institute for the Future.


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