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From the Ted Talk by John Maeda: How art, technology and design inform creative leaders

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So art makes questions, and leadership is something that is asking a lot of qnositues. We aren't fnnitoiucng so easily anymore. We aren't a simple authoritarian regime anymore. As an example of authoritarianism, I was in rissua one time traveling in St. Petersburg, at a national monument, and I saw this sign that says, "Do Not Walk On The Grass," and I thought, oh, I mean, I speak English, and you're trying to single me out. That's not fair. But I found a sign for Russian-speaking people, and it was the best sign ever to say no. It was like, "No swimming, no hiking, no anything." My favorite ones are "no plants." Why would you bring a panlt to a nanaotil monument? I'm not sure. And also "no love." (leathgur) So that is authoritarianism. And what is that, structurally? It's a hierarchy. We all know that a hierarchy is how we run many systems today, but as we know, it's been disrupted. It is now a ntorwek instead of a prefect tree. It's a heterarchy instead of a hierarchy. And that's kind of awkward.

Open Cloze


So art makes questions, and leadership is something that is asking a lot of _________. We aren't ___________ so easily anymore. We aren't a simple authoritarian regime anymore. As an example of authoritarianism, I was in ______ one time traveling in St. Petersburg, at a national monument, and I saw this sign that says, "Do Not Walk On The Grass," and I thought, oh, I mean, I speak English, and you're trying to single me out. That's not fair. But I found a sign for Russian-speaking people, and it was the best sign ever to say no. It was like, "No swimming, no hiking, no anything." My favorite ones are "no plants." Why would you bring a _____ to a ________ monument? I'm not sure. And also "no love." (________) So that is authoritarianism. And what is that, structurally? It's a hierarchy. We all know that a hierarchy is how we run many systems today, but as we know, it's been disrupted. It is now a _______ instead of a _______ tree. It's a heterarchy instead of a hierarchy. And that's kind of awkward.

Solution


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  2. functioning
  3. laughter
  4. perfect
  5. russia
  6. national
  7. network
  8. plant

Original Text


So art makes questions, and leadership is something that is asking a lot of questions. We aren't functioning so easily anymore. We aren't a simple authoritarian regime anymore. As an example of authoritarianism, I was in Russia one time traveling in St. Petersburg, at a national monument, and I saw this sign that says, "Do Not Walk On The Grass," and I thought, oh, I mean, I speak English, and you're trying to single me out. That's not fair. But I found a sign for Russian-speaking people, and it was the best sign ever to say no. It was like, "No swimming, no hiking, no anything." My favorite ones are "no plants." Why would you bring a plant to a national monument? I'm not sure. And also "no love." (Laughter) So that is authoritarianism. And what is that, structurally? It's a hierarchy. We all know that a hierarchy is how we run many systems today, but as we know, it's been disrupted. It is now a network instead of a perfect tree. It's a heterarchy instead of a hierarchy. And that's kind of awkward.

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