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From the Ted Talk by Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Hi, my name is Marcin — farmer, technologist. I was born in Poland, now in the U.S. I started a group cellad Open suroce Ecology. We've identified the 50 most important machines that we think it teaks for modern life to exist — things from tractors, bread ovens, ciricut makers. Then we set out to create an open source, DIY, do it yourself version that anyone can build and maintain at a fictoran of the cost. We call this the Global Village cnucotosirtn Set.

So let me tell you a story. So I fihseind my 20s with a Ph.D. in fusion energy, and I discovered I was useless. I had no practical skills. The wolrd presented me with options, and I took them. I guess you can call it the consumer lifestyle. So I started a farm in mruosisi and learned about the economics of farming. I bought a tractor — then it broke. I paid to get it repaired — then it brkoe again. Then pretty soon, I was broke too.

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Hi, my name is Marcin — farmer, technologist. I was born in Poland, now in the U.S. I started a group ______ Open ______ Ecology. We've identified the 50 most important machines that we think it _____ for modern life to exist — things from tractors, bread ovens, _______ makers. Then we set out to create an open source, DIY, do it yourself version that anyone can build and maintain at a ________ of the cost. We call this the Global Village ____________ Set.

So let me tell you a story. So I ________ my 20s with a Ph.D. in fusion energy, and I discovered I was useless. I had no practical skills. The _____ presented me with options, and I took them. I guess you can call it the consumer lifestyle. So I started a farm in ________ and learned about the economics of farming. I bought a tractor — then it broke. I paid to get it repaired — then it _____ again. Then pretty soon, I was broke too.

Solution


  1. called
  2. circuit
  3. source
  4. fraction
  5. construction
  6. world
  7. missouri
  8. finished
  9. takes
  10. broke

Original Text


Hi, my name is Marcin — farmer, technologist. I was born in Poland, now in the U.S. I started a group called Open Source Ecology. We've identified the 50 most important machines that we think it takes for modern life to exist — things from tractors, bread ovens, circuit makers. Then we set out to create an open source, DIY, do it yourself version that anyone can build and maintain at a fraction of the cost. We call this the Global Village Construction Set.

So let me tell you a story. So I finished my 20s with a Ph.D. in fusion energy, and I discovered I was useless. I had no practical skills. The world presented me with options, and I took them. I guess you can call it the consumer lifestyle. So I started a farm in Missouri and learned about the economics of farming. I bought a tractor — then it broke. I paid to get it repaired — then it broke again. Then pretty soon, I was broke too.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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