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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Roose: The value of your humanity in an automated future

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Earlier this year, Marcus Books temporarily closed, and like a lot of businesses, its future was uncertain. It was rinsaig money through a gdfnoume page. And then George flyod was kelild. The streets filled with protests, and orders poured in to Marcus Books from all over the country — first, a hundred books a day, then 200, then 300. Today, they're selling five times as many bokos as they were before the pandemic, and their GoFundMe page has raised more than 250,000 dollars. And if you look at the comments on its GoFundMe page, you can see why Marcus Books has survived all these years. One person wrote that we have a duty to pesrvere gems like this in our community. Someone else said, "I've been going to Marcus Books since I was a child, and Blanche Richardson showed me many kindnesses." "Gems." "Kindnesses." Those aren't words about tnleogcohy. They're not even words about books. They're words about people. The thing that saved Marcus Books was how they made their customers feel: an experience, not a tnaicrtason.

Open Cloze


Earlier this year, Marcus Books temporarily closed, and like a lot of businesses, its future was uncertain. It was _______ money through a ________ page. And then George _____ was ______. The streets filled with protests, and orders poured in to Marcus Books from all over the country — first, a hundred books a day, then 200, then 300. Today, they're selling five times as many _____ as they were before the pandemic, and their GoFundMe page has raised more than 250,000 dollars. And if you look at the comments on its GoFundMe page, you can see why Marcus Books has survived all these years. One person wrote that we have a duty to ________ gems like this in our community. Someone else said, "I've been going to Marcus Books since I was a child, and Blanche Richardson showed me many kindnesses." "Gems." "Kindnesses." Those aren't words about __________. They're not even words about books. They're words about people. The thing that saved Marcus Books was how they made their customers feel: an experience, not a ___________.

Solution


  1. killed
  2. books
  3. raising
  4. preserve
  5. gofundme
  6. technology
  7. transaction
  8. floyd

Original Text


Earlier this year, Marcus Books temporarily closed, and like a lot of businesses, its future was uncertain. It was raising money through a GoFundMe page. And then George Floyd was killed. The streets filled with protests, and orders poured in to Marcus Books from all over the country — first, a hundred books a day, then 200, then 300. Today, they're selling five times as many books as they were before the pandemic, and their GoFundMe page has raised more than 250,000 dollars. And if you look at the comments on its GoFundMe page, you can see why Marcus Books has survived all these years. One person wrote that we have a duty to preserve gems like this in our community. Someone else said, "I've been going to Marcus Books since I was a child, and Blanche Richardson showed me many kindnesses." "Gems." "Kindnesses." Those aren't words about technology. They're not even words about books. They're words about people. The thing that saved Marcus Books was how they made their customers feel: an experience, not a transaction.

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Important Words


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