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From the Ted Talk by Rives: Reinventing the encyclopedia game

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So, last month, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that it is going out of print after 244 years, which made me nostalgic, because I remember playing a game with the cosalosl eccpyonedila set in my hometown library back when I was a kid, maybe 12 years old. And I wondered if I could udtpae that game, not just for modern methods, but for the mrdeon me.

So I tried. I went to an online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and I entered the term "Earth." You can srtat anywhere, this time I chose Earth. And the first rule of the game is pretty simple. You just have to read the article until you find something you don't know, and preferably something your dad doesn't even know.

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So, last month, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that it is going out of print after 244 years, which made me nostalgic, because I remember playing a game with the ________ ____________ set in my hometown library back when I was a kid, maybe 12 years old. And I wondered if I could ______ that game, not just for modern methods, but for the ______ me.

So I tried. I went to an online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and I entered the term "Earth." You can _____ anywhere, this time I chose Earth. And the first rule of the game is pretty simple. You just have to read the article until you find something you don't know, and preferably something your dad doesn't even know.

Solution


  1. colossal
  2. update
  3. encyclopedia
  4. modern
  5. start

Original Text


So, last month, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that it is going out of print after 244 years, which made me nostalgic, because I remember playing a game with the colossal encyclopedia set in my hometown library back when I was a kid, maybe 12 years old. And I wondered if I could update that game, not just for modern methods, but for the modern me.

So I tried. I went to an online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and I entered the term "Earth." You can start anywhere, this time I chose Earth. And the first rule of the game is pretty simple. You just have to read the article until you find something you don't know, and preferably something your dad doesn't even know.

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