Новинки Джейн Макгонигал

World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and New York Times bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear.
How can we be confident about making plans?
How might we feel secure despite the future being unknown?
How do we learn to feel at peace with the unexpected?
Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures.
By learning to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable you can better plan for a future you'd like to see. And by seeing what's coming faster, you can adapt to new challenges, reduce anxiety, and build hope and resilience.

The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war — events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures.

In Imaginable, Jane McGonigal 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. She invites us to play with the provocative thought experiments and future simulations she’s designed exclusively for this book, with the goal to:

Build our collective imagination so that we can dive into the future and envision, in surprising detail, what our lives will look like ten years from now
Develop the courage and vision to solve problems creatively
Take actions and make decisions that will help shape the future we desire
Access “urgent optimism,” an unstoppable force within each of us that activates our sense of agency
Imaginable teaches us to be fearless, resilient, and bold in realizing a world with possibilities we cannot yet imagine—until reading this transformative, inspiring, and necessary book.

A revolutionary new self-help book by top flight game designer Jane McGonigal.
After suffering a brain injury, Jane McGonigal came up with a game to help aid her recovery and battle the ensuing depression she experienced. Half a million people have now played this game to astonishing results: depression gone in 6 weeks in some cases and even terminal cancer patients reporting that playing the game gives them a sense of control over their own health. The book shows readers how to use these techniques to find strength and create positivity: readers can look to their own power-ups’ which are little things they can do to feel better and tackle the hurdles in their own lives.
This book provides simple step-by-step ideas that can be carried out in day-to-day life, helping you transform your life with a new flexible and reenergised mindset. In this book McGonigal uses her own story and those of others to expertly demonstrate how simple changes can result in dramatic life-affirming effects. And what’s more, she tells you how you yourself can lead a more gameful life.

Гейм-дизайнер Джейн Макгонигал рассказывает о своей игре «СуперЛучше», которая помогла десяткам тысяч людей справиться с тревогой, депрессией и проблемами. Эта книга также о том, как игровое мышление может помочь вам в жизни.

Ты сильнее, чем ты думаешь.

Ты окружён потенциальными союзниками.

Ты — герой своей собственной истории.

Три этих качества — всё, что вам нужно, чтобы стать счастливее, храбрее и жизнеспособнее перед лицом любой проблемы.

Хорошие новости: вы уже обладаете этими качествами. Вам не нужно менять всё. Вы уже сильнее, чем вы думаете.

Вы обладаете способностью контролировать своё внимание, а значит, свои мысли и чувства.

У вас есть силы найти поддержку в самых неожиданных местах и углубить существующие отношения.

В вас заложена естественная способность мотивировать себя и улучшать свои геройские качества, такие как сила воли, милосердие и целеустремленность.

Эта книга поможет вам понять те силы (способности), которыми вы уже обладаете. Она покажет вам, что использовать эти силы так же просто, как и играть в «СуперЛучше».

Однако эта книга не об играх — по крайней мере, не совсем о них. Она о том, как научиться проявлять игровое мышление в условиях чрезвычайного стресса и личных проблем.

Проявлять игровое мышление — значит использовать в реальной жизни те психологически сильные стороны, которые вы обычно демонстрируете в играх: оптимизм, креативность, храбрость и целеустремленность. Это значит быть любознательным и открытым к рассмотрению разных стратегий, чтобы выявить наиболее эффективную из них. Это значит выработать способность успешнее решать все более сложные проблемы.

Гейм-дизайнер Джейн Макгонигал, которой игры помогли справиться с серьезной травмой, рассказывает, как они могут сделать мир в целом и каждого из нас лучше. «Что наша жизнь? Игра!» Слова из арии Германа в «Пиковой даме» сегодня отображают реальное положение дел: мы живем в мире, изобилующем играми и геймерами. Разработчики игр лучше всех знают, как заставить людей прилагать максимум усилий и как вознаграждать за тяжелый труд. Они знают, как обеспечить взаимодействие и сотрудничество в некогда невообразимых масштабах. Кроме того, они постоянно изобретают новые способы мотивации игроков к выполнению все более сложных задач, уделяя этому…

In 2009, game designer and author Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion that wouldn't heal. Unable to work or think clearly, she decided to get better by doing what she does best: by turning her recovery process into a game. What started as a simple motivational exercise quickly grew into a digital game, then an online portal and a major research study with the National Institutes of Health. In SuperBetter, McGonigal reveals a decade's worth of scientific research into the ways all games change how we respond to stress, challenge, and pain. She explains how we can cultivate new powers of recovery and resilience in everyday life simply by bringing the same psychological strengths we naturally display when we play games--such as optimism, creativity, courage, and determination--to real-world situations. As inspiring as it is down to earth, grounded in rigorous research, and powered by game design, SuperBetter is a proven game plan for a better life. Never again will you say that something is "just a game."

Гейм-дизайнер Джейм Макгонигал утверждает, что любые игры (и в первую очередь, компьютерные) делают нас сильнее. Книга о том, как перенести лучшие игровые качества в реальную жизнь.
Джейн Макгонигал – известный разработчик игр, сумевшая восстановиться после сложного сотрясения мозга с помощью игрового процесса и разработавшая игру SuperBetter, помогающую людям справляться с болезнями и депрессией.
Ее работу о будущем игр Harvard Business Review признал одной из прорывных идей года. О ней писали The Economist, Wired и The New York Times.

In 2009, game designer and author Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion that wouldn't heal. Unable to work or think clearly, she decided to get better by doing what she does best: by turning her recovery process into a game. What started as a simple motivational exercise quickly grew into a digital game, then an online portal and a major research study with the National Institutes of Health. In SuperBetter, McGonigal reveals a decade's worth of scientific research into the ways all games change how we respond to stress, challenge, and pain. She explains how we can cultivate new powers of recovery and resilience in everyday life simply by bringing the same psychological strengths we naturally display when we play games--such as optimism, creativity, courage, and determination--to real-world situations. As inspiring as it is down to earth, grounded in rigorous research, and powered by game design, SuperBetter is a proven game plan for a better life. Never again will you say that something is "just a game."

More than 174 million Americans are gamers, and the average young person in the U.S. will spend 10,000 hours gaming by the age of 21. According to world-renowned game designer Jane McGonigal, the reason for this mass exodus to virtual worlds is that videogames are increasingly fulfilling genuine human needs. In this groundbreaking exploration of the power and future of gaming, McGonigal reveals how we can use the lessons of game design to fix what is wrong with the real world. Drawing on positive psychology, cognitive science, and sociology, "Reality is Broken" uncovers how game designers have hit on core truths about what makes us happy and utilized these discoveries to astonishing effect in virtual environments. Videogames consistently provide the exhilarating rewards, stimulating challenges, and epic victories that are so often lacking in the real world. But why, McGonigal asks, should we use the power of games for escapist entertainment alone? Her research suggests that gamers are expert problem-solvers and collaborators because they regularly cooperate with other players to overcome daunting virtual challenges, and she helped pioneer a fast-growing genre of games that aims to turn game-play to socially positive ends.

In "Reality is Broken," she reveals how these new alternate reality games are already improving the quality of our daily lives, fighting social problems such as depression and obesity, and addressing vital 21st-century challenges and she forecasts the thrilling possibilities that lie ahead.

We are living in a world full of games. More than 31 million people in the UK are gamers. The average young person will spend 10,000 hours gaming by the age of twenty-one. The future belongs to those who play games. In this ground-breaking book, visionary game designer Jane McGonigaI challenges conventional thinking and shows that games - far from being simply escapist entertainment - have the potential not only to radically improve our own lives but to change the world.