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From the Ted Talk by Daan Roosegaarde: A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs

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But ladies and geetnelmn, let's not be afraid. Let's be curious, yes? And, you know, walking through TED in these days and hearing the other speakers and feeling the eengry of the crowd, I was remembering this quote of the caainadn author, Marshall McLuhan, who once famously said, "On spacecraft earth, there are no passengers. We are all crew." And I think this so beautiful. This is so beautiful! We're not just consumers; we're makers: we make decisions, we make new inventions, we make new dreams. And I think if we start iipeenmmtnlg that kind of thinking even more within tdoay, there's still a whole new world to be explored.

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But ladies and _________, let's not be afraid. Let's be curious, yes? And, you know, walking through TED in these days and hearing the other speakers and feeling the ______ of the crowd, I was remembering this quote of the ________ author, Marshall McLuhan, who once famously said, "On spacecraft earth, there are no passengers. We are all crew." And I think this so beautiful. This is so beautiful! We're not just consumers; we're makers: we make decisions, we make new inventions, we make new dreams. And I think if we start ____________ that kind of thinking even more within _____, there's still a whole new world to be explored.

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  1. implementing
  2. canadian
  3. gentlemen
  4. today
  5. energy

Original Text


But ladies and gentlemen, let's not be afraid. Let's be curious, yes? And, you know, walking through TED in these days and hearing the other speakers and feeling the energy of the crowd, I was remembering this quote of the Canadian author, Marshall McLuhan, who once famously said, "On spacecraft earth, there are no passengers. We are all crew." And I think this so beautiful. This is so beautiful! We're not just consumers; we're makers: we make decisions, we make new inventions, we make new dreams. And I think if we start implementing that kind of thinking even more within today, there's still a whole new world to be explored.

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