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From the Ted Talk by Renny Gleeson: Our antisocial phone tricks

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Or, this one, coming to us from India. You can find this on YouTube, the glaneemtn who's recumbent on a motorcycle while text messaging. Or what we call the "sweet gravy, stop me before I kill again!" That is actually the dicvee.

What this is doing is, we find a — (leagtuhr) a direct collision — we find a direct collision between availability — and what's possible through availability — and a fundamental human need — which we've been hearing about a lot, actually — the need to create shared narratives. We're very good at creating pnesarol neriarvtas, but it's the shared narratives that make us a culture. And when you're sdntanig with someone, and you're on your mobile device, effectively what you're saying to them is, "You are not as important as, literally, almost anything that could come to me through this device."

Open Cloze


Or, this one, coming to us from India. You can find this on YouTube, the _________ who's recumbent on a motorcycle while text messaging. Or what we call the "sweet gravy, stop me before I kill again!" That is actually the ______.

What this is doing is, we find a — (________) a direct collision — we find a direct collision between availability — and what's possible through availability — and a fundamental human need — which we've been hearing about a lot, actually — the need to create shared narratives. We're very good at creating ________ __________, but it's the shared narratives that make us a culture. And when you're ________ with someone, and you're on your mobile device, effectively what you're saying to them is, "You are not as important as, literally, almost anything that could come to me through this device."

Solution


  1. standing
  2. device
  3. personal
  4. laughter
  5. narratives
  6. gentleman

Original Text


Or, this one, coming to us from India. You can find this on YouTube, the gentleman who's recumbent on a motorcycle while text messaging. Or what we call the "sweet gravy, stop me before I kill again!" That is actually the device.

What this is doing is, we find a — (Laughter) a direct collision — we find a direct collision between availability — and what's possible through availability — and a fundamental human need — which we've been hearing about a lot, actually — the need to create shared narratives. We're very good at creating personal narratives, but it's the shared narratives that make us a culture. And when you're standing with someone, and you're on your mobile device, effectively what you're saying to them is, "You are not as important as, literally, almost anything that could come to me through this device."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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direct collision 2
shared narratives 2


Important Words


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