The Other Guy Problem, You Know?

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i just don't see the way around the problem of what's called the hibesian trap, or the security dilemma, or the other guy problem. You know, t we'lt give ours up, but what if the other guy doesn't? And i don't want to use em, but the other guy mightnd, he's thinking the same thing,. Not everybody wh has deep sympathy, as you call it, poton probably being one of them. Would any this be unfolding the way it is in ukrane if pooton didn't have thee nuclear sword dangling over all our heads? I mean, we could just put an end to it immediately with a no fly zone

Shermer speaks with world-renowned future forecaster and game designer, Jane McGonigal, about her book Imaginable in which she 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 by inviting us to play with provocative thought experiments and future simulations.

Shermer and McGonigal discuss: what a futurist is and what they do; counterfactuals: predicting the past; how could the present moment be different?; how can you imagine the unimaginable, or think the unthinkable?; how to envision what our lives will look like ten years from now; how to to solve problems creatively; how to make decisions that will help shape the future we desire; how to simulate any future you want; simulations as thought experiments as counterfactual causality tests; gaming as simulation of problem solving; the 10,000-hour rule for success; your present self vs. your future self and why most of us discount the future too much.