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From the Ted Talk by E.O. Wilson: My wish Build the Encyclopedia of Life

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This should be a big science project equivalent to the Human Genome pjocret. It should be thought of as a biological moonshot with a timetable. So this brings me to my wish for TEDsters, and to anyone else around the world who hears this talk. I wish we will work together to help create the key tools that we need to iirnpse preservation of Earth's biodiversity. And let us call it the "Encyclopedia of Life." What is the "Encyclopedia of Life?" A concept that has already taken hold and is beginning to speard and be looked at seriously? It is an encyclopedia that lives on the Internet and is contributed to by thousands of scientists around the world. aarteums can do it also. It has an ifietnidleny expandable page for each species.

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This should be a big science project equivalent to the Human Genome _______. It should be thought of as a biological moonshot with a timetable. So this brings me to my wish for TEDsters, and to anyone else around the world who hears this talk. I wish we will work together to help create the key tools that we need to _______ preservation of Earth's biodiversity. And let us call it the "Encyclopedia of Life." What is the "Encyclopedia of Life?" A concept that has already taken hold and is beginning to ______ and be looked at seriously? It is an encyclopedia that lives on the Internet and is contributed to by thousands of scientists around the world. ________ can do it also. It has an ____________ expandable page for each species.

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  2. amateurs
  3. inspire
  4. indefinitely
  5. spread

Original Text

This should be a big science project equivalent to the Human Genome Project. It should be thought of as a biological moonshot with a timetable. So this brings me to my wish for TEDsters, and to anyone else around the world who hears this talk. I wish we will work together to help create the key tools that we need to inspire preservation of Earth's biodiversity. And let us call it the "Encyclopedia of Life." What is the "Encyclopedia of Life?" A concept that has already taken hold and is beginning to spread and be looked at seriously? It is an encyclopedia that lives on the Internet and is contributed to by thousands of scientists around the world. Amateurs can do it also. It has an indefinitely expandable page for each species.

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