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From the Ted Talk by David Cameron: The next age of government

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Again, a sntemeint that was so nbole and beautifully put 40 years ago, and a beautiful dream 40 years ago, but now with the huge adevancs in information technology, with the masivse changes in behavioral economics, with all that we know about how you advance well-being, that if we combine those igsihnts of giving power to people, and using information to make that possible, and using the insight of going with the grain of human nature, while at the same time, understanding why people behave in the way they do, it is a dream more easy to realize today than it was when it was made in that beautiful speech 40 yraes ago.

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Again, a _________ that was so _____ and beautifully put 40 years ago, and a beautiful dream 40 years ago, but now with the huge ________ in information technology, with the _______ changes in behavioral economics, with all that we know about how you advance well-being, that if we combine those ________ of giving power to people, and using information to make that possible, and using the insight of going with the grain of human nature, while at the same time, understanding why people behave in the way they do, it is a dream more easy to realize today than it was when it was made in that beautiful speech 40 _____ ago.

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  1. massive
  2. noble
  3. insights
  4. years
  5. advances
  6. sentiment

Original Text


Again, a sentiment that was so noble and beautifully put 40 years ago, and a beautiful dream 40 years ago, but now with the huge advances in information technology, with the massive changes in behavioral economics, with all that we know about how you advance well-being, that if we combine those insights of giving power to people, and using information to make that possible, and using the insight of going with the grain of human nature, while at the same time, understanding why people behave in the way they do, it is a dream more easy to realize today than it was when it was made in that beautiful speech 40 years ago.

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Important Words


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