Jane McGonigal — How She Predicted COVID in 2010, Becoming the Expert of Your Own Future, and More

Quordle

“it's it's great i mean you literally can't think about anything else while you're trying to solve four five letter words at the same time”— Jane McGonigal

Candy Crush

King (inferred)

“there are other games at work candy crush is great you know any any visual pattern matching game where your brain is looking at colors”— Jane McGonigal

12 Monkeys

“lest we allow the apathetic youth amongst us just turn into you know some version of 12 monkeys or worse i encourage everybody to re-watch that movie”— Tim Ferriss

Children of Men

“should also re-watch ready player one and children of men uh and possibly re-read snow crash”— Tim Ferriss

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson (inferred)

“should also re-watch ready player one and children of men uh and possibly re-read snow crash but that's us all separately”— Tim Ferriss

Bridgefy

Bridgefy (inferred)

“you can get an app like bridge fi and what they do is if the internet goes out during um extreme weather during a government mandated internet shutdown”— Jane McGonigal

Chimpanzee Politics

Frans de Waal (inferred)

“i would also recommend people read there's a book called chimpanzee politics which is fascinating it's written by a field biologist”— Tim Ferriss

Ambien

Sanofi (inferred)

“you might see those tetris blocks falling when you close your eyes but that's not not too bad a side effect is you know better than ambien”— Jane McGonigal

Tetris

“the researchers at oxford university who first did that study about using tetris to prevent unwanted flashbacks from traumatic events”— Jane McGonigal

Wordle

“quartal is the super masochistic version of wordle which everybody's been playing”— Jane McGonigal

Axie Infinity

Sky Mavis (inferred)

“what we're already seeing in places like say the philippines with axi infinity is people playing to earn so playing a game earning income”— Tim Ferriss

Roblox

Roblox Corporation (inferred)

“you look at roblox people already getting paid for creating games within this gaming world or ecosystem”— Jane McGonigal

Sorare

“you have companies like so rare which tether real world performance and sports too not just virtual gaming but then betting on top of that”— Tim Ferriss

Ready Player One

“i do think you know ready player one is probably closer than we would like to think”— Tim Ferriss

World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment (inferred)

“we really like these big game worlds we're all playing together it's world of warcraft it's league of legends it's pokemon go”— Jane McGonigal

League of Legends

Riot Games (inferred)

“we really like these big game worlds we're all playing together it's world of warcraft it's league of legends it's pokemon go”— Jane McGonigal

Pokemon Go

Niantic (inferred)

“we really like these big game worlds we're all playing together it's world of warcraft it's league of legends it's pokemon go”— Jane McGonigal

Future Shock

Alvin Toffler

“in 1968 he wrote a book called future shock and it was coming at the end of this incredibly turbulent time in the united states”— Jane McGonigal