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From the Ted Talk by Roger McNamee: 6 ways to save the internet

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

It tunrs out Microsoft is not the only company whose body is liyng across the railroad tracks today. Another one is Google. Now, you may not have focused on this, but index search accounted for 90% of all search volume about 4 years ago. But an interesting thing happened. Google got to be so successful that the idnex became full of gbragae. In fact, the eitrne Web has become full of garbage. If you think about it, the Web has become almost a digital doirett.

(Laughter)

If you look hard enough, you can find really compelling things there. But if you aren't really careful, you can get mugged.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

It _____ out Microsoft is not the only company whose body is _____ across the railroad tracks today. Another one is Google. Now, you may not have focused on this, but index search accounted for 90% of all search volume about 4 years ago. But an interesting thing happened. Google got to be so successful that the _____ became full of _______. In fact, the ______ Web has become full of garbage. If you think about it, the Web has become almost a digital _______.

(Laughter)

If you look hard enough, you can find really compelling things there. But if you aren't really careful, you can get mugged.

Solution


  1. index
  2. entire
  3. turns
  4. detroit
  5. lying
  6. garbage

Original Text


(Laughter)

It turns out Microsoft is not the only company whose body is lying across the railroad tracks today. Another one is Google. Now, you may not have focused on this, but index search accounted for 90% of all search volume about 4 years ago. But an interesting thing happened. Google got to be so successful that the index became full of garbage. In fact, the entire Web has become full of garbage. If you think about it, the Web has become almost a digital Detroit.

(Laughter)

If you look hard enough, you can find really compelling things there. But if you aren't really careful, you can get mugged.

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