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From the Ted Talk by Pankaj Ghemawat: Actually, the world isn't flat

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The other thing I would add is that this is not a new view. I'm a little bit of an amateur historian, so I've snpet some time going back, trying to see the first moteinn of this kind of thing. And the best, eiesrlat quote that I could find was one from David Livingstone, writing in the 1850s about how the railroad, the steam ship, and the telegraph were integrating East Africa prlcfetey with the rest of the world. Now clearly, divad Livingstone was a little bit ahead of his time, but it does seem useful to ask ourselves, "Just how global are we?" before we think about where we go from here.

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The other thing I would add is that this is not a new view. I'm a little bit of an amateur historian, so I've _____ some time going back, trying to see the first _______ of this kind of thing. And the best, ________ quote that I could find was one from David Livingstone, writing in the 1850s about how the railroad, the steam ship, and the telegraph were integrating East Africa _________ with the rest of the world. Now clearly, _____ Livingstone was a little bit ahead of his time, but it does seem useful to ask ourselves, "Just how global are we?" before we think about where we go from here.

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  1. spent
  2. earliest
  3. mention
  4. david
  5. perfectly

Original Text


The other thing I would add is that this is not a new view. I'm a little bit of an amateur historian, so I've spent some time going back, trying to see the first mention of this kind of thing. And the best, earliest quote that I could find was one from David Livingstone, writing in the 1850s about how the railroad, the steam ship, and the telegraph were integrating East Africa perfectly with the rest of the world. Now clearly, David Livingstone was a little bit ahead of his time, but it does seem useful to ask ourselves, "Just how global are we?" before we think about where we go from here.

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