Gwyneth Paltrow x Jane McGonigal: How to Think Like a Futurist

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Goop, Inc. and Audacy

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

“The reason that I get so excited about future thinking and helping people play with future scenarios is that those are the habits that keep our mind unstuck,” says future forecaster, game designer, and author Jane McGonigal. In her book, Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything, McGonigal shares tools—and games—for envisioning the future before it arrives. She and GP talk about the signals that shape change (and how to spot them yourself) and why video games have the potential to help us heal. Toward the end, McGonigal shares what gives her hope for the future and her predictions on what we should be paying attention to in the next ten years. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.
0:09.6	You do?
0:10.6	Yeah, did you hear about that?
0:12.4	I didn't find the one.
0:14.1	I found someone I respected and we made it the one.
0:17.4	In a sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.
0:22.6	Nothing in itself is addictive, on the one hand.
0:24.9	On the other hand, everything could be addictive if there's an emptiness in that person that
0:28.9	needs to be filled.
0:30.1	I now know that nobody changes until they change their energy.
0:34.6	And when you change your energy, you change your life.
0:38.4	I'm Gwyneth Poundtrow.
0:40.0	This is the GOOP podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture changers, creatives,
0:46.2	founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers, here to start conversations,
0:53.2	make us simply asking questions and listening has the power to change the way we see the world.
0:59.3	Here we go.
1:01.2	Today's guest is Jane McGonagall.
1:03.8	Jane is the director of Games Research and Development at the Institute for the Future,
1:08.3	which is a non-profit research group in Palo Alto, California.
1:12.3	She's also a best-selling author and her latest book is called Imaginable, How to See the
1:17.2	Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything.
1:20.6	Jane and I had a fascinating conversation about her work as a future forecaster.
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