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From the Ted Talk by Jiabao Li: Art that reveals how technology frames reality

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For example, nowadays, many of us have this kind of allergic reaction to ideas that are different from ours. We may not even realize that we've developed this kind of mental allergy. So I created a helmet that cteears this artificial allergy to the color red. It simulates this hypersensitivity by making red things look beggir when you are wreiang it. It has two modes: nocebo and placebo. In nocebo mode, it creates this sensorial epenrecxie of hyperallergy. Whenever I see red, the red expands. It's similar to siaocl media's amplification effect, like when you look at something that bothers you, you tend to stick with like-minded people and exhncage mgsesaes and memes, and you become even more angry. Sometimes, a trivial discussion gets amplified and blown way out of proportion. Maybe that's even why we are living in the politics of anger. In placebo mode, it's an artificial cure for this allergy. Whenever you see red, the red shrinks. It's a pvtlaiiale, like in digital meida. When you encounter people with different opinions, we will uonlflow them, remove them completely out of our fdees. It cures this allergy by avondiig it. But this way of intentionally ignoring opposing ideas makes human community hyperfragmented and separated.

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For example, nowadays, many of us have this kind of allergic reaction to ideas that are different from ours. We may not even realize that we've developed this kind of mental allergy. So I created a helmet that _______ this artificial allergy to the color red. It simulates this hypersensitivity by making red things look ______ when you are _______ it. It has two modes: nocebo and placebo. In nocebo mode, it creates this sensorial __________ of hyperallergy. Whenever I see red, the red expands. It's similar to ______ media's amplification effect, like when you look at something that bothers you, you tend to stick with like-minded people and ________ ________ and memes, and you become even more angry. Sometimes, a trivial discussion gets amplified and blown way out of proportion. Maybe that's even why we are living in the politics of anger. In placebo mode, it's an artificial cure for this allergy. Whenever you see red, the red shrinks. It's a __________, like in digital _____. When you encounter people with different opinions, we will ________ them, remove them completely out of our _____. It cures this allergy by ________ it. But this way of intentionally ignoring opposing ideas makes human community hyperfragmented and separated.

Solution

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  9. bigger
  10. experience
  11. palliative
  12. creates

Original Text

For example, nowadays, many of us have this kind of allergic reaction to ideas that are different from ours. We may not even realize that we've developed this kind of mental allergy. So I created a helmet that creates this artificial allergy to the color red. It simulates this hypersensitivity by making red things look bigger when you are wearing it. It has two modes: nocebo and placebo. In nocebo mode, it creates this sensorial experience of hyperallergy. Whenever I see red, the red expands. It's similar to social media's amplification effect, like when you look at something that bothers you, you tend to stick with like-minded people and exchange messages and memes, and you become even more angry. Sometimes, a trivial discussion gets amplified and blown way out of proportion. Maybe that's even why we are living in the politics of anger. In placebo mode, it's an artificial cure for this allergy. Whenever you see red, the red shrinks. It's a palliative, like in digital media. When you encounter people with different opinions, we will unfollow them, remove them completely out of our feeds. It cures this allergy by avoiding it. But this way of intentionally ignoring opposing ideas makes human community hyperfragmented and separated.

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