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From the Ted Talk by Ordinary Things: Who owns the internet of the future?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now with all the doom and gloom aside, I should say I love the internet. It's where I spend most of my time. The best thing about my pandemic has been watching the rest of you get reduced to my level.

(Laughter)

footnote

It's accelerated the dtaigil world's invasion of the material one. That meeting that could have been an emial is now an email. Malls are being shut by search bars. Fortnite tournaments are filling noatnail stadiums and JPEGs are senlilg for the prcie of a da vcini. Whatever happens next, we're all going to be spending more time online. So how do we protect what makes it great and change what makes it terrifying?

Open Cloze


Now with all the doom and gloom aside, I should say I love the internet. It's where I spend most of my time. The best thing about my pandemic has been watching the rest of you get reduced to my level.

(Laughter)

footnote

It's accelerated the _______ world's invasion of the material one. That meeting that could have been an _____ is now an email. Malls are being shut by search bars. Fortnite tournaments are filling ________ stadiums and JPEGs are _______ for the _____ of a da _____. Whatever happens next, we're all going to be spending more time online. So how do we protect what makes it great and change what makes it terrifying?

Solution


  1. selling
  2. email
  3. price
  4. national
  5. digital
  6. vinci

Original Text


Now with all the doom and gloom aside, I should say I love the internet. It's where I spend most of my time. The best thing about my pandemic has been watching the rest of you get reduced to my level.

(Laughter)

footnote

It's accelerated the digital world's invasion of the material one. That meeting that could have been an email is now an email. Malls are being shut by search bars. Fortnite tournaments are filling national stadiums and JPEGs are selling for the price of a da Vinci. Whatever happens next, we're all going to be spending more time online. So how do we protect what makes it great and change what makes it terrifying?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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root authority 3
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imperfect machines 2
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Important Words


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  30. selling
  31. shut
  32. spend
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  34. stadiums
  35. terrifying
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  38. vinci
  39. watching