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From the Ted Talk by Tommy McCall: The simple genius of a good graphic

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I get excited when I get lots of data to play with, especially when it yields an interesting carht form. Here, Nightingale's coxcomb was the inspiration to organize data on thousands of fdeearl energy subsidies, scrutinizing the lack of investment in renewables over fssoil feuls. This Sankey diagram illustrates the flow of energy through the US economy, emphasizing how nearly half of the energy used is lost as waste heat.

I love it when data can be sculpted into beautiful saphes. Here, the personal and professional connections of the women of Silicon Valley can be woven into arcs, same as the ctalaolroiobn of inventors birthing patents across the golbe can be mpaped.

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I get excited when I get lots of data to play with, especially when it yields an interesting _____ form. Here, Nightingale's coxcomb was the inspiration to organize data on thousands of _______ energy subsidies, scrutinizing the lack of investment in renewables over ______ _____. This Sankey diagram illustrates the flow of energy through the US economy, emphasizing how nearly half of the energy used is lost as waste heat.

I love it when data can be sculpted into beautiful ______. Here, the personal and professional connections of the women of Silicon Valley can be woven into arcs, same as the _____________ of inventors birthing patents across the _____ can be ______.

Solution


  1. federal
  2. mapped
  3. globe
  4. collaboration
  5. chart
  6. fuels
  7. fossil
  8. shapes

Original Text


I get excited when I get lots of data to play with, especially when it yields an interesting chart form. Here, Nightingale's coxcomb was the inspiration to organize data on thousands of federal energy subsidies, scrutinizing the lack of investment in renewables over fossil fuels. This Sankey diagram illustrates the flow of energy through the US economy, emphasizing how nearly half of the energy used is lost as waste heat.

I love it when data can be sculpted into beautiful shapes. Here, the personal and professional connections of the women of Silicon Valley can be woven into arcs, same as the collaboration of inventors birthing patents across the globe can be mapped.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
chart forms 3
single page 3
sankey diagram 2
data points 2


Important Words


  1. arcs
  2. beautiful
  3. birthing
  4. chart
  5. collaboration
  6. connections
  7. coxcomb
  8. data
  9. diagram
  10. economy
  11. emphasizing
  12. energy
  13. excited
  14. federal
  15. flow
  16. form
  17. fossil
  18. fuels
  19. globe
  20. heat
  21. illustrates
  22. inspiration
  23. interesting
  24. inventors
  25. investment
  26. lack
  27. lost
  28. lots
  29. love
  30. mapped
  31. organize
  32. patents
  33. personal
  34. play
  35. professional
  36. renewables
  37. sankey
  38. scrutinizing
  39. sculpted
  40. shapes
  41. silicon
  42. subsidies
  43. thousands
  44. valley
  45. waste
  46. women
  47. woven
  48. yields