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From the Ted Talk by Rick Falkvinge: I am a pirate

Unscramble the Blue Letters


A swarm is a congregation of tens of thousands of volunteers that have chosen of their own will to converge on a cmomon goal. There's this "Futurama" quote: "When push comes to shove, you gotta do what you love — even if it's not a good idea."

(ltuhgaer)

I mean, seriously, what kind of idiot thikns they can change the world by starting a political party?

(Laughter)

This kind of idiot, apparently. But it works! What you need to do is to put a stake in the ground. You need to aoncunne your goal. Just say, "I want to accomplish this." I'm going to do this. And it doesn't need to be very csotly.

Open Cloze


A swarm is a congregation of tens of thousands of volunteers that have chosen of their own will to converge on a ______ goal. There's this "Futurama" quote: "When push comes to shove, you gotta do what you love — even if it's not a good idea."

(________)

I mean, seriously, what kind of idiot ______ they can change the world by starting a political party?

(Laughter)

This kind of idiot, apparently. But it works! What you need to do is to put a stake in the ground. You need to ________ your goal. Just say, "I want to accomplish this." I'm going to do this. And it doesn't need to be very ______.

Solution


  1. costly
  2. common
  3. announce
  4. laughter
  5. thinks

Original Text


A swarm is a congregation of tens of thousands of volunteers that have chosen of their own will to converge on a common goal. There's this "Futurama" quote: "When push comes to shove, you gotta do what you love — even if it's not a good idea."

(Laughter)

I mean, seriously, what kind of idiot thinks they can change the world by starting a political party?

(Laughter)

This kind of idiot, apparently. But it works! What you need to do is to put a stake in the ground. You need to announce your goal. Just say, "I want to accomplish this." I'm going to do this. And it doesn't need to be very costly.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
working swarmwise 4
cost efficiency 3
swarm intelligence 3
project plan 3
pirate party 2
political party 2
valuable asset 2
intelligence emerges 2
electrify people 2
dozen volunteer 2
business school 2
social context 2
pinball machine 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
swarm intelligence emerges 2

Important Words


  1. accomplish
  2. announce
  3. apparently
  4. change
  5. chosen
  6. common
  7. congregation
  8. converge
  9. costly
  10. goal
  11. good
  12. gotta
  13. ground
  14. idea
  15. idiot
  16. kind
  17. laughter
  18. love
  19. party
  20. political
  21. push
  22. put
  23. shove
  24. stake
  25. starting
  26. swarm
  27. tens
  28. thinks
  29. thousands
  30. volunteers
  31. world