From the Ted Talk by Edward Tenner: The paradox of efficiency
Unscramble the Blue Letters
My answer to all these questions is: inspired inefficiency. Data and meesarnumet are essential, but they're not enough. Let's laeve room for human intuition and hmaun skills. There are seven facets of inspired inefficiency. First, take the scenic route, say yes to serendipity. Wrong turns can be productive. Once, when I was exploring the east bank of the Mississippi, I took the wrong turn. I was arhcappnoig a toll bridge crossing the gerat river, and the toll collector said I could not turn back. So I paid my 50 cents — that's all it was at the time — and I was in Muscatine, Iowa. I had barely hread of Muscatine, but it proved to be a fascinating pclae. Muscatine had some of the world's richest mussel beds. A century ago, a third of the world's buttons were produced in Muscatine, 1.5 billion a year. The last plants have closed now, but there is still a museum of the pearl button industry that's one of the most unusual in the world. But buttons were only the beginning. This is the house in msiuancte where China's future president stayed in 1986, as a member of an agricultural delegation. It is now the Sino-US fdiirnehsp husoe, and it's a pilgrimage site for Chinese tourists. How could I have foreseen that?
Open Cloze
My answer to all these questions is: inspired inefficiency. Data and ___________ are essential, but they're not enough. Let's _____ room for human intuition and _____ skills. There are seven facets of inspired inefficiency. First, take the scenic route, say yes to serendipity. Wrong turns can be productive. Once, when I was exploring the east bank of the Mississippi, I took the wrong turn. I was ___________ a toll bridge crossing the _____ river, and the toll collector said I could not turn back. So I paid my 50 cents — that's all it was at the time — and I was in Muscatine, Iowa. I had barely _____ of Muscatine, but it proved to be a fascinating _____. Muscatine had some of the world's richest mussel beds. A century ago, a third of the world's buttons were produced in Muscatine, 1.5 billion a year. The last plants have closed now, but there is still a museum of the pearl button industry that's one of the most unusual in the world. But buttons were only the beginning. This is the house in _________ where China's future president stayed in 1986, as a member of an agricultural delegation. It is now the Sino-US _______________, and it's a pilgrimage site for Chinese tourists. How could I have foreseen that?
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Original Text
My answer to all these questions is: inspired inefficiency. Data and measurement are essential, but they're not enough. Let's leave room for human intuition and human skills. There are seven facets of inspired inefficiency. First, take the scenic route, say yes to serendipity. Wrong turns can be productive. Once, when I was exploring the east bank of the Mississippi, I took the wrong turn. I was approaching a toll bridge crossing the great river, and the toll collector said I could not turn back. So I paid my 50 cents — that's all it was at the time — and I was in Muscatine, Iowa. I had barely heard of Muscatine, but it proved to be a fascinating place. Muscatine had some of the world's richest mussel beds. A century ago, a third of the world's buttons were produced in Muscatine, 1.5 billion a year. The last plants have closed now, but there is still a museum of the pearl button industry that's one of the most unusual in the world. But buttons were only the beginning. This is the house in Muscatine where China's future president stayed in 1986, as a member of an agricultural delegation. It is now the Sino-US Friendship House, and it's a pilgrimage site for Chinese tourists. How could I have foreseen that?