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From the Ted Talk by Max Hawkins: I let algorithms randomize my life for two years

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And if you think about it, it's not surprising that you see pttaerns like this. Because I was choosing randomly from a list of things that was dieddcely not random. The list of fcoeboak events that are happening in a city is very influenced by the things that are going on in a city like that. And if you think about it, every time you make a choice, you're not just making it on your own. You're selecting from a list, a menu of choices that was designed by someone or something else. And whatever freedom that you have in that choice is nclsaseiery constrained by social structures, cuomtss and history that provide the context for that selection.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

And if you think about it, it's not surprising that you see ________ like this. Because I was choosing randomly from a list of things that was _________ not random. The list of ________ events that are happening in a city is very influenced by the things that are going on in a city like that. And if you think about it, every time you make a choice, you're not just making it on your own. You're selecting from a list, a menu of choices that was designed by someone or something else. And whatever freedom that you have in that choice is ___________ constrained by social structures, _______ and history that provide the context for that selection.

Solution


  1. customs
  2. patterns
  3. facebook
  4. decidedly
  5. necessarily

Original Text


(Laughter)

And if you think about it, it's not surprising that you see patterns like this. Because I was choosing randomly from a list of things that was decidedly not random. The list of Facebook events that are happening in a city is very influenced by the things that are going on in a city like that. And if you think about it, every time you make a choice, you're not just making it on your own. You're selecting from a list, a menu of choices that was designed by someone or something else. And whatever freedom that you have in that choice is necessarily constrained by social structures, customs and history that provide the context for that selection.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
san francisco 4
facebook events 4
favorite coffee 2
coffee shop 2
random place 2
uber driver 2
yoga event 2
choosing randomly 2


Important Words


  1. choice
  2. choices
  3. choosing
  4. city
  5. constrained
  6. context
  7. customs
  8. decidedly
  9. designed
  10. events
  11. facebook
  12. freedom
  13. happening
  14. history
  15. influenced
  16. laughter
  17. list
  18. making
  19. menu
  20. necessarily
  21. patterns
  22. provide
  23. random
  24. randomly
  25. selecting
  26. selection
  27. social
  28. structures
  29. surprising
  30. time