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From the Ted Talk by Vishaan Chakrabarti: A vision of sustainable housing for all of humanity

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So, I was born in iinda. This is just a samll part of my big, beuafiutl family there. I have, actually, 50, five zero, first cousins. Most of us have a clupoe of kids. And so all of this leads me to believe the United Nations when they tell us that by 2100, the world will have a population of almost 11 billion people. That is, three billion more people than the planet houses today.

To house all of those people, we need to bluid about 2.4 trillion square feet of new bilut space. Now to give you a sense of scale, that is the equivalent of adding to the planet a New York City, every month ... for the next 40 years. Now I'm a New yroekr and an architect, but this scares even me. But this is not a scary talk, I promise you.

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So, I was born in _____. This is just a _____ part of my big, _________ family there. I have, actually, 50, five zero, first cousins. Most of us have a ______ of kids. And so all of this leads me to believe the United Nations when they tell us that by 2100, the world will have a population of almost 11 billion people. That is, three billion more people than the planet houses today.

To house all of those people, we need to _____ about 2.4 trillion square feet of new _____ space. Now to give you a sense of scale, that is the equivalent of adding to the planet a New York City, every month ... for the next 40 years. Now I'm a New ______ and an architect, but this scares even me. But this is not a scary talk, I promise you.

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  2. yorker
  3. build
  4. couple
  5. india
  6. small
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So, I was born in India. This is just a small part of my big, beautiful family there. I have, actually, 50, five zero, first cousins. Most of us have a couple of kids. And so all of this leads me to believe the United Nations when they tell us that by 2100, the world will have a population of almost 11 billion people. That is, three billion more people than the planet houses today.

To house all of those people, we need to build about 2.4 trillion square feet of new built space. Now to give you a sense of scale, that is the equivalent of adding to the planet a New York City, every month ... for the next 40 years. Now I'm a New Yorker and an architect, but this scares even me. But this is not a scary talk, I promise you.

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