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From the Ted Talk by Robin Hanson: What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Speaking of haunms, you were wanting to hear about that. Humans must reitre, at once, for good. They just can't compete. Now, humans start out oiwnng all of the capital in this world. The economy grows very fast, their wealth grows very fast. Humans get rich, collectively. As you may know, most humans today don't actually own that much besides their ability to work, so between now and then, they need to acquire sufficient assets, insurance or sharing arrangements, or they may starve. I hihlgy recommend avoiding this outcome.

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Now, you might wonder, why would ems let humans exist? Why not kill them, take their stuff? But notice we have many urdntvpicoue retirees around us toady, and we don't kill them and take their stuff.

Open Cloze


Speaking of ______, you were wanting to hear about that. Humans must ______, at once, for good. They just can't compete. Now, humans start out ______ all of the capital in this world. The economy grows very fast, their wealth grows very fast. Humans get rich, collectively. As you may know, most humans today don't actually own that much besides their ability to work, so between now and then, they need to acquire sufficient assets, insurance or sharing arrangements, or they may starve. I ______ recommend avoiding this outcome.

(________)

Now, you might wonder, why would ems let humans exist? Why not kill them, take their stuff? But notice we have many ____________ retirees around us _____, and we don't kill them and take their stuff.

Solution


  1. retire
  2. owning
  3. laughter
  4. highly
  5. today
  6. unproductive
  7. humans

Original Text


Speaking of humans, you were wanting to hear about that. Humans must retire, at once, for good. They just can't compete. Now, humans start out owning all of the capital in this world. The economy grows very fast, their wealth grows very fast. Humans get rich, collectively. As you may know, most humans today don't actually own that much besides their ability to work, so between now and then, they need to acquire sufficient assets, insurance or sharing arrangements, or they may starve. I highly recommend avoiding this outcome.

(Laughter)

Now, you might wonder, why would ems let humans exist? Why not kill them, take their stuff? But notice we have many unproductive retirees around us today, and we don't kill them and take their stuff.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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