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191 | Jane McGonigal on How to Imagine the Future
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · 191
The future grows out of the present, but it manages to consistently surprise us. How can we get better at anticipating and preparing for what the future can be like? Jane McGonigal started out as a game designer, working on the kinds of games that represent miniature worlds with their own rules. This paradigm provides…
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