Your brain tries to predict or simulate the way reality would have turned out.
Show Notes
Thinking about the far-off future isn’t just an exercise in intellectual curiosity. It’s a practical skill that, as new research reveals, has a direct neurological link to greater creativity, empathy, and optimism. In this session from master game designer and acclaimed futurist Jane McGonigal, you’ll learn three practical habits that will increase the power of your imagination—and you’ll have the chance to use your creativity to foresee some of the biggest ways our lives will change by the year 2026.
Explore
Related episodes
How do you successfully navigate a rapidly changing and unpredictable world?
What will define the next decade?
Tim O’Reilly says we should be harnessing technology, rather than fearing it.
The architecture of how we live our lives is badly in need of renovation and repair.
Thanks to technology, we are more connected than ever—digitally. But at what cost?