num_pages: 432
description: 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 ChronicleReading this book is like sitting down with a creative optimistic friendand getting up as a new version of yourself.Daniel H. Pink New York Times bestselling author of WhenThe 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 shes 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 agencyImaginable teaches us to be fearless resilient and bold in realizing a world with possibilities we cannot yet imagineuntil reading this transformative inspiring and necessary book
language: English
title: Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything―Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
publisher: Spiegel & Grau