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191 | Jane McGonigal on How to Imagine the Future

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Mental Time Travel

I was definitely struck in the book by your emphasis on the idea of mental time travel. Even though we can all do it, imagine different hypothetical futures, we still tend to react a little bit to the moment. And this kind of what you're suggesting is that it's not just a phenomenon, but a habit of mind that weant cultivate. So i give people this very practical exercise. A, so go ten years into the future and put thing on your calendar for ten years from to day that you would be excited about - ideally something you can't do to day.

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