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From the Ted Talk by Dan Ariely: How equal do we want the world to be? You'd be surprised

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So all of those are cases in which our peeernicvcod notions and our eoantxceitps color our world. But what happened in more important questions? What henpeapd with questions that had to do with social justice? So we wanted to think about what is the blind tasting version for thinking about inequality? So we stteard looking at inequality, and we did some large-scale surveys around the U.S. and other countries. So we asked two questions: Do people know what kind of level of inequality we have? And then, what lveel of inequality do we want to have? So let's think about the first question. Imagine I took all the people in the U.S. and I sorted them from the poorest on the right to the richest on the left, and then I divided them into five buckets: the poorest 20 percent, the next 20 percent, the next, the next, and the richest 20 percent. And then I asked you to tell me how much weatlh do you think is concentrated in each of those buckets. So to make it simpler, imagine I ask you to tell me, how much wealth do you think is cnctnraoteed in the bottom two buckets, the bottom 40 penecrt? Take a second. Think about it and have a nembur. Usually we don't think. Think for a second, have a real number in your mind. You have it?

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So all of those are cases in which our ____________ notions and our ____________ color our world. But what happened in more important questions? What ________ with questions that had to do with social justice? So we wanted to think about what is the blind tasting version for thinking about inequality? So we _______ looking at inequality, and we did some large-scale surveys around the U.S. and other countries. So we asked two questions: Do people know what kind of level of inequality we have? And then, what _____ of inequality do we want to have? So let's think about the first question. Imagine I took all the people in the U.S. and I sorted them from the poorest on the right to the richest on the left, and then I divided them into five buckets: the poorest 20 percent, the next 20 percent, the next, the next, and the richest 20 percent. And then I asked you to tell me how much ______ do you think is concentrated in each of those buckets. So to make it simpler, imagine I ask you to tell me, how much wealth do you think is ____________ in the bottom two buckets, the bottom 40 _______? Take a second. Think about it and have a ______. Usually we don't think. Think for a second, have a real number in your mind. You have it?

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  3. expectations
  4. wealth
  5. level
  6. started
  7. concentrated
  8. percent
  9. number

Original Text

So all of those are cases in which our preconceived notions and our expectations color our world. But what happened in more important questions? What happened with questions that had to do with social justice? So we wanted to think about what is the blind tasting version for thinking about inequality? So we started looking at inequality, and we did some large-scale surveys around the U.S. and other countries. So we asked two questions: Do people know what kind of level of inequality we have? And then, what level of inequality do we want to have? So let's think about the first question. Imagine I took all the people in the U.S. and I sorted them from the poorest on the right to the richest on the left, and then I divided them into five buckets: the poorest 20 percent, the next 20 percent, the next, the next, and the richest 20 percent. And then I asked you to tell me how much wealth do you think is concentrated in each of those buckets. So to make it simpler, imagine I ask you to tell me, how much wealth do you think is concentrated in the bottom two buckets, the bottom 40 percent? Take a second. Think about it and have a number. Usually we don't think. Think for a second, have a real number in your mind. You have it?

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