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From the Ted Talk by Tristan Harris: How better tech could protect us from distraction

Unscramble the Blue Letters


What does it mean to spend our time well? I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to spend my time. Probably too much — I probably obsses over it. My friends think I do. But I feel like I kind of have to, because these days, it feels like little bits of my time kind of slip away from me, and when that happens, it feels like prtas of my life are slipping away.

Specifically, it feels like little bits of my time get slipped away to various things like this, like technology — I chcek things. I'll give you an example. If this eaiml shows up — how many of you have gotten an email like this, right? I've been tagged in a photo. When this appears, I can't help but ciclk on it right now. Right? Because, like, what if it's a bad photo? So I have to click it right now. But I'm not just going to click "See pthoo," what I'm actually going to do is senpd the next 20 minutes.

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What does it mean to spend our time well? I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to spend my time. Probably too much — I probably ______ over it. My friends think I do. But I feel like I kind of have to, because these days, it feels like little bits of my time kind of slip away from me, and when that happens, it feels like _____ of my life are slipping away.

Specifically, it feels like little bits of my time get slipped away to various things like this, like technology — I _____ things. I'll give you an example. If this _____ shows up — how many of you have gotten an email like this, right? I've been tagged in a photo. When this appears, I can't help but _____ on it right now. Right? Because, like, what if it's a bad photo? So I have to click it right now. But I'm not just going to click "See _____," what I'm actually going to do is _____ the next 20 minutes.

Solution


  1. parts
  2. obsess
  3. photo
  4. email
  5. click
  6. spend
  7. check

Original Text


What does it mean to spend our time well? I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to spend my time. Probably too much — I probably obsess over it. My friends think I do. But I feel like I kind of have to, because these days, it feels like little bits of my time kind of slip away from me, and when that happens, it feels like parts of my life are slipping away.

Specifically, it feels like little bits of my time get slipped away to various things like this, like technology — I check things. I'll give you an example. If this email shows up — how many of you have gotten an email like this, right? I've been tagged in a photo. When this appears, I can't help but click on it right now. Right? Because, like, what if it's a bad photo? So I have to click it right now. But I'm not just going to click "See photo," what I'm actually going to do is spend the next 20 minutes.

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