Playing the Future: How Games Can Help Us Prepare for an Uncertain World

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Event Schedule:

6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open

7pm Lecture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

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Playing the Future: How Games Can Help Us Prepare for an Uncertain World:

We spend enormous amounts of time trying to predict the future. What if we should spend more time playing it?What if one of the best ways to prepare for the future is to play it?From ancient board games to military war games and modern simulations, humans have long used play to explore what might happen before the stakes become real. Today, governments, militaries and businesses use scenarios and simulations to rehearse decisions in situations where the rules are shifting and the outcome is uncertain.In this talk, Prashanth Shanmugan explores the idea of "playing the future": using games, scenarios and structured imagination to test our assumptions, experience uncertainty and make better decisions.Drawing on examples from geopolitics, business and military history, along with his experience designing strategic scenarios and…