World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and New York Times
bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the
future without fear.
"An accessible, optimistic field guide to the future."--San Francisco
Chronicle
**"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.
