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From the Ted Talk by Stewart Brand: What squatter cities can teach us

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One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai. They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cseas, the government helps. Education is the main event that can happen in cieits. What's going on in the street in Mumbai? Al Gore knows. It's basically everything. There's no unemployment in sqteautr cities. Everyone wkros. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.

So here's the first punch line: cities have defused the poolputian bomb.

And here's the second punch line. That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective. Stars have sehind down on earth's life for billions of years. Now we're shining right back up.

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One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai. They are constantly upgrading, and in a few _____, the government helps. Education is the main event that can happen in ______. What's going on in the street in Mumbai? Al Gore knows. It's basically everything. There's no unemployment in ________ cities. Everyone _____. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.

So here's the first punch line: cities have defused the __________ bomb.

And here's the second punch line. That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective. Stars have ______ down on earth's life for billions of years. Now we're shining right back up.

Solution


  1. cases
  2. squatter
  3. works
  4. shined
  5. cities
  6. population

Original Text


One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai. They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cases, the government helps. Education is the main event that can happen in cities. What's going on in the street in Mumbai? Al Gore knows. It's basically everything. There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.

So here's the first punch line: cities have defused the population bomb.

And here's the second punch line. That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective. Stars have shined down on earth's life for billions of years. Now we're shining right back up.

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