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From the Ted Talk by Olivier Scalabre: The next manufacturing revolution is here

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After all of our attempts to fix the mafrcntunaiug model failed, we tuohhgt growth could come from elsewhere. We turned to the tech scetor — there's been quite a lot of innovations there. Just to name one: the Internet. We hoped it could produce growth. And indeed, it changed our lives. It made big wveas in the media, the service, the entertainment spaces. But it hasn't done much for productivity. Actually, what's surprising is that povriucttdiy is on the decline despite all of those innovation efforts. Imagine that — sitting at work, scrolling through fbcooeak, watching videos on YouTube has made us less productive. Weird.

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After all of our attempts to fix the _____________ model failed, we _______ growth could come from elsewhere. We turned to the tech ______ — there's been quite a lot of innovations there. Just to name one: the Internet. We hoped it could produce growth. And indeed, it changed our lives. It made big _____ in the media, the service, the entertainment spaces. But it hasn't done much for productivity. Actually, what's surprising is that ____________ is on the decline despite all of those innovation efforts. Imagine that — sitting at work, scrolling through ________, watching videos on YouTube has made us less productive. Weird.

Solution

  1. manufacturing
  2. facebook
  3. productivity
  4. waves
  5. thought
  6. sector

Original Text

After all of our attempts to fix the manufacturing model failed, we thought growth could come from elsewhere. We turned to the tech sector — there's been quite a lot of innovations there. Just to name one: the Internet. We hoped it could produce growth. And indeed, it changed our lives. It made big waves in the media, the service, the entertainment spaces. But it hasn't done much for productivity. Actually, what's surprising is that productivity is on the decline despite all of those innovation efforts. Imagine that — sitting at work, scrolling through Facebook, watching videos on YouTube has made us less productive. Weird.

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