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From the Ted Talk by John Hockenberry: We are all designers

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Now it seems simple, but actually I think in our society and culture in general, we have a huge problem with intent. Now go with me here. Look at this guy. You know who this is? It's Anders Breivik. Now, if he intended to kill in Olso, Norway last year, dozens and dozens of ynoug people — if he intended to do that, he's a vicious criminal. We punish him. Life in prison. Death ptelnay in the United States, not so much in Norway. But, if he instead acted out of a delusional fantasy, if he was motivated by some random mental illness, he's in a completely different category. We may put him away for life, but we wcath him cilllciany. It's a completely different domain. As an ieonttinanl murderer, Anders Breivik is merely evil. But as a dysfunctional, as a dtsofynuancil murderer/psychotic, he's something much more ciceplmtoad. He's the baerth of some primitive, ancient coahs. He's the random state of nature we emerged from. He's something very, very different.

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Now it seems simple, but actually I think in our society and culture in general, we have a huge problem with intent. Now go with me here. Look at this guy. You know who this is? It's Anders Breivik. Now, if he intended to kill in Olso, Norway last year, dozens and dozens of _____ people — if he intended to do that, he's a vicious criminal. We punish him. Life in prison. Death _______ in the United States, not so much in Norway. But, if he instead acted out of a delusional fantasy, if he was motivated by some random mental illness, he's in a completely different category. We may put him away for life, but we _____ him __________. It's a completely different domain. As an ___________ murderer, Anders Breivik is merely evil. But as a dysfunctional, as a _____________ murderer/psychotic, he's something much more ___________. He's the ______ of some primitive, ancient _____. He's the random state of nature we emerged from. He's something very, very different.

Solution

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  2. clinically
  3. chaos
  4. dysfunctional
  5. penalty
  6. complicated
  7. intentional
  8. watch
  9. breath

Original Text

Now it seems simple, but actually I think in our society and culture in general, we have a huge problem with intent. Now go with me here. Look at this guy. You know who this is? It's Anders Breivik. Now, if he intended to kill in Olso, Norway last year, dozens and dozens of young people — if he intended to do that, he's a vicious criminal. We punish him. Life in prison. Death penalty in the United States, not so much in Norway. But, if he instead acted out of a delusional fantasy, if he was motivated by some random mental illness, he's in a completely different category. We may put him away for life, but we watch him clinically. It's a completely different domain. As an intentional murderer, Anders Breivik is merely evil. But as a dysfunctional, as a dysfunctional murderer/psychotic, he's something much more complicated. He's the breath of some primitive, ancient chaos. He's the random state of nature we emerged from. He's something very, very different.

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