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From the Ted Talk by Juan Enriquez: We can reprogram life. How to do it wisely

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Principle number four: we should take about a quarter of the Earth and only let Darwin run the show there. It doesn't have to be contiguous, doesn't have to all be tied together. It should be part in the oceans, part on land. But we should not run every eruaintoovly decision on this planet. We want to have our evolutionary system running. We want to have Darwin's evolutionary ssytem rniunng. And it's just really important to have these two things running in parallel and not ohewlevrm evuoloitn.

(Applause)

Last thing I'll say. This is the single most exciting adventure human beings have been on. This is the single greatest superpower humans have ever had. It would be a crmie for you not to participate in this stuff because you're scared of it, because you're hiding from it. You can participate in the ethics. You can participate in the politics. You can participate in the besisuns. You can participate in just thinking about where medicine is going, where inursdty is going, where we're going to take the world. It would be a crime for all of us not to be arwae when somebody shows up at a swimming pool and says one word, just one word, if you don't listen if that word is "lifecode."

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Principle number four: we should take about a quarter of the Earth and only let Darwin run the show there. It doesn't have to be contiguous, doesn't have to all be tied together. It should be part in the oceans, part on land. But we should not run every ____________ decision on this planet. We want to have our evolutionary system running. We want to have Darwin's evolutionary ______ _______. And it's just really important to have these two things running in parallel and not _________ _________.

(Applause)

Last thing I'll say. This is the single most exciting adventure human beings have been on. This is the single greatest superpower humans have ever had. It would be a _____ for you not to participate in this stuff because you're scared of it, because you're hiding from it. You can participate in the ethics. You can participate in the politics. You can participate in the ________. You can participate in just thinking about where medicine is going, where ________ is going, where we're going to take the world. It would be a crime for all of us not to be _____ when somebody shows up at a swimming pool and says one word, just one word, if you don't listen if that word is "lifecode."

Solution


  1. system
  2. industry
  3. evolutionary
  4. overwhelm
  5. crime
  6. aware
  7. evolution
  8. running
  9. business

Original Text


Principle number four: we should take about a quarter of the Earth and only let Darwin run the show there. It doesn't have to be contiguous, doesn't have to all be tied together. It should be part in the oceans, part on land. But we should not run every evolutionary decision on this planet. We want to have our evolutionary system running. We want to have Darwin's evolutionary system running. And it's just really important to have these two things running in parallel and not overwhelm evolution.

(Applause)

Last thing I'll say. This is the single most exciting adventure human beings have been on. This is the single greatest superpower humans have ever had. It would be a crime for you not to participate in this stuff because you're scared of it, because you're hiding from it. You can participate in the ethics. You can participate in the politics. You can participate in the business. You can participate in just thinking about where medicine is going, where industry is going, where we're going to take the world. It would be a crime for all of us not to be aware when somebody shows up at a swimming pool and says one word, just one word, if you don't listen if that word is "lifecode."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. adventure
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  3. aware
  4. beings
  5. business
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  7. crime
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  25. oceans
  26. overwhelm
  27. parallel
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  30. planet
  31. politics
  32. pool
  33. principle
  34. quarter
  35. run
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  37. scared
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  44. system
  45. thinking
  46. tied
  47. word
  48. world