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Imaginable

How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything – Even Things That Seem Impossible Today

Jane McGonigal

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Imaginable
Episodic Future Thinking (EFT)
Mental Time Travel
The 4 EFT Questions
The 10-Year Framework
Time Spaciousness
Dator's Law & Absurdity
Spotting the Future Today
Signals & Forces
Types of Imagination
Urgent Optimism
Future Empathy
The Neurological Stranger
Hard Empathy
Learned Helpfulness
The Gamer Mindset
Overcoming Helplessness
Call to Adventure
10-Day Simulation Practice
Deep Immersion
The Déjà Vu Effect

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Imaginable Summary & Overview

Imaginable (2022) lays out a simple but powerful premise: you have more control over the future than you may think. Through psychology-backed games, it explores how to train your imagination in order to transform your outlook on life and, ultimately, change the world. Its big-picture thinking and actionable exercises will help you prepare for – and get excited about – what’s to come.

Who Should Listen to Imaginable?

  • People stuck in a spiral of doomsday thinking
  • Action-oriented folks seeking an antidote to the world’s afflictions
  • Anyone who thinks the future is just something that happens

About the Author: Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal is a future forecaster, reality game designer, and the director of games research and development at the Institute for the Future. She’s written two New York Times best sellers, Reality Is Broken and SuperBetter, and teaches a course on “How to Think Like a Futurist” at Stanford University. Her TED talks on how gaming can improve lives and solve actual problems have been viewed more than 15 million times.

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