Read this excerpt from Reality Is Broken. It’s a bit counterintuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But as a research director at the Institute for the Future—a nonprofit think tank in Palo Alto, California, and the world’s oldest future-forecasting organization—I’ve learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight.

How does the underlined section help McGonigal argue that the history of gameplay can help people predict its future?

It shows that the author agrees with the opposing viewpoint on the value of gaming.

It demonstrates that the author has doubts about using the past to predict the future.

It allows the author to rebut the claim that historical events are never repeated.

It gives the author an opportunity to establish herself as an authority on the topic.