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From the Ted Talk by Ben Saunders: Why bother leaving the house?

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I essentially drag sledges for a livnig, so it doesn't take an afuwl lot to flummox me intellectually, but I'm going to read this question from an ienvretiw earlier this year: "Philosophically, does the constant supply of information steal our ability to ingimae or replace our dreams of acievnihg? After all, if it is being done somewhere by someone, and we can participate virtually, then why btoher leaving the hsuoe?"

I'm usually introduced as a polar explorer. I'm not sure that's the most progressive or 21st-century of job tletis, but I've spent more than two percent now of my entire life living in a tent inside the Arctic Circle, so I get out of the house a fair bit. And in my nature, I guess, I am a doer of things more than I am a spectator or a contemplator of things, and it's that dichotomy, the gulf between ideas and action that I'm going to try and explore briefly.

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I essentially drag sledges for a ______, so it doesn't take an _____ lot to flummox me intellectually, but I'm going to read this question from an _________ earlier this year: "Philosophically, does the constant supply of information steal our ability to _______ or replace our dreams of _________? After all, if it is being done somewhere by someone, and we can participate virtually, then why ______ leaving the _____?"

I'm usually introduced as a polar explorer. I'm not sure that's the most progressive or 21st-century of job ______, but I've spent more than two percent now of my entire life living in a tent inside the Arctic Circle, so I get out of the house a fair bit. And in my nature, I guess, I am a doer of things more than I am a spectator or a contemplator of things, and it's that dichotomy, the gulf between ideas and action that I'm going to try and explore briefly.

Solution


  1. interview
  2. titles
  3. living
  4. bother
  5. imagine
  6. house
  7. achieving
  8. awful

Original Text


I essentially drag sledges for a living, so it doesn't take an awful lot to flummox me intellectually, but I'm going to read this question from an interview earlier this year: "Philosophically, does the constant supply of information steal our ability to imagine or replace our dreams of achieving? After all, if it is being done somewhere by someone, and we can participate virtually, then why bother leaving the house?"

I'm usually introduced as a polar explorer. I'm not sure that's the most progressive or 21st-century of job titles, but I've spent more than two percent now of my entire life living in a tent inside the Arctic Circle, so I get out of the house a fair bit. And in my nature, I guess, I am a doer of things more than I am a spectator or a contemplator of things, and it's that dichotomy, the gulf between ideas and action that I'm going to try and explore briefly.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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south pole 2
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