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Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal

American author and game designerWikipedia

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Nov 9, 2026

Caitlin JacobsGUEST
12:18
So this is probably Dator's Law.
Caitlin JacobsGUEST
12:20
So I recently read Imaginable by Jane McGonigal.
KireHOST
12:24
That's Dator spelled D-A-T-O-R.
KireHOST
12:26
The book she's talking about is by Jane McGonigal spelled M-C-G-O-N-I-G-A-L.
KireHOST
12:33
No relation to the professor at Hogwarts.
KireHOST
12:36
Okay.
Steph ClarkGUEST
18:42
They'll fill you in what happened.
Steph ClarkGUEST
18:44
But what they started, so Jane McGonigal, who's the director of the Institute for the Future, started to get all these emails from these people who did this thing like lo-fi, forum kind of like message posting and stuff.
Steph ClarkGUEST
18:54
So there was no...
Steph ClarkGUEST
18:55
You know, we all got sent to a bunker with hazmat suits or anything like that.
Steph ClarkGUEST
19:02
I think it was like five days or so, but every day would give you a prompt of like, okay, now this information has come to light.
Steph ClarkGUEST
19:06
What do you do next? And yeah, anyway.
Steph ClarkGUEST
19:09
So 12 years later, 2020 rolls around and, you know, Jane starts getting, who's Jane, sorry, Jane McGonigal, who's the director of the Institute for the Future.
Steph ClarkGUEST
19:17
She starts getting all these emails from people being like, hey, I did that thing like 12 years ago.
Emily JacomettiGUEST
45:24
There's this professor that's essentially the one that started it 15 years ago.
Emily JacomettiGUEST
45:29
Her name is Jane McGonigal.
Emily JacomettiGUEST
45:33
Her book is called, I think the Rules of Play or something, but her name is Jane McGonigal.
Menno van der HorstHOST
45:39
Yeah, and we'll check it for the show notes.
Menno van der HorstHOST
45:42
Yeah,
Sara BestHOST
13:08
We talked about his five love languages this past year in one of our episodes.
Sara BestHOST
13:12
Marcus Buckingham, Jane McGonigal, Ken Blanchard, Daniel Pink, James Clear.
Sara BestHOST
13:17
The list goes on.
Sara BestHOST
13:19
So I love this idea of bringing...

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