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From the Ted Talk by Jack Dangermond: How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future

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Yeah, so in the retail ______, people like Starbucks or Walgreens or Walmart, all the big _________, both here in the US but in the UK, all around the world, use geographic factors to pick the right location. They look at the demographics, the traffic, and then the large insurance companies and reinsurance _________ look at all the different factors that are necessary to understand risk. And they overlay them and they model them and they visualize high-risk areas or low-risk areas. In disaster response, whether it's fire, or like today, the big earthquake in Turkey, there's a whole _____ of work that has to happen when disasters happen. You know, response, recovery, all these work __________ are underpinned by having good ___________. And that information is geographic in nature. So disaster response, public ______, health and looking at issues _____ that are troubling all of us in the _____ of social equity. Where is there disparity? And when something like the pandemic happens, or unemployment due to the economy happens, we can look geographically and see these factors all coming together. So it's like your mind does in many ways. I mean, we _____ a tool that allows you to abstract reality and see it, and then look at all the relationships between these factors in order to create understanding. So Richard Saul Wurman, the founder of TED often describes us as an understanding organization. "You're all about understanding, Jack, it's not about __________. Your _____ use your tools to create better understanding." And the way he describes it is _____________ precedes action. This is essential to our work.

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  3. today
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  6. technology
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  8. information
  9. understanding
  10. companies
  11. users
  12. built
  13. safety

Original Text

Yeah, so in the retail sector, people like Starbucks or Walgreens or Walmart, all the big retailers, both here in the US but in the UK, all around the world, use geographic factors to pick the right location. They look at the demographics, the traffic, and then the large insurance companies and reinsurance companies look at all the different factors that are necessary to understand risk. And they overlay them and they model them and they visualize high-risk areas or low-risk areas. In disaster response, whether it's fire, or like today, the big earthquake in Turkey, there's a whole cycle of work that has to happen when disasters happen. You know, response, recovery, all these work activities are underpinned by having good information. And that information is geographic in nature. So disaster response, public safety, health and looking at issues today that are troubling all of us in the areas of social equity. Where is there disparity? And when something like the pandemic happens, or unemployment due to the economy happens, we can look geographically and see these factors all coming together. So it's like your mind does in many ways. I mean, we built a tool that allows you to abstract reality and see it, and then look at all the relationships between these factors in order to create understanding. So Richard Saul Wurman, the founder of TED often describes us as an understanding organization. "You're all about understanding, Jack, it's not about technology. Your users use your tools to create better understanding." And the way he describes it is understanding precedes action. This is essential to our work.

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