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Highlights from Jane McGonigal's IBM Talk at CodeMotion

21 Jun, 2020

Highlights from Jane McGonigal's IBM Talk at CodeMotion

Highlights from Jane McGonigal's IBM Think20 talk were featured on CodeMotion! In the talk, Jane asks: Can the innovation of games prepare us for the future? The talk was so popular it was screened twice during the event! Check out some of the takeaway points here!

From the talk:

Jane spoke about 2020 as evidence of the need for us to possess the ability to anticipate hard to predict futures – “From 2020 all need to get better at expecting the unexpected.”

She notes that it’s “Easy to prepare for futures similar to today, but its the weird stuff that takes you off guard and will be the most disrupting and the most challenging.” She asked the audience if six months ago, could you imagine:

  • Virtually all children will stop going to school
  • 25% of jobs are considered non-essential and disappear overnight
  • The borders are closed