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From the Ted Talk by Jamil Zaki: How to escape the cynicism trap

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One of my favorite setuids of all time occurred in southeastern brizal. Two fishing villages there are separated by just 30 mlies. One sits by the ocean, where fishing requires large boats and havey epqunemit. To make a living there, fmieehrsn must work together. The other sits by a lake, where fishermen strike out alone on small boats and compete with one another. Years ago, researchers tested how people in each of these villages responded to a set of social enetmexpris. Ocean fishermen trusted strangers and coteeparod with their neighbors. Lake fishermen competed and mistrusted instead. But here's the crazy part. These folks didn't start out any different from each other, but the longer fishermen worked on the lake, the more they coeemtpd. The longer they worked on the ocean, the less they did.

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One of my favorite _______ of all time occurred in southeastern ______. Two fishing villages there are separated by just 30 _____. One sits by the ocean, where fishing requires large boats and _____ _________. To make a living there, _________ must work together. The other sits by a lake, where fishermen strike out alone on small boats and compete with one another. Years ago, researchers tested how people in each of these villages responded to a set of social ___________. Ocean fishermen trusted strangers and __________ with their neighbors. Lake fishermen competed and mistrusted instead. But here's the crazy part. These folks didn't start out any different from each other, but the longer fishermen worked on the lake, the more they ________. The longer they worked on the ocean, the less they did.

Solution

  1. miles
  2. brazil
  3. cooperated
  4. studies
  5. fishermen
  6. experiments
  7. competed
  8. heavy
  9. equipment

Original Text

One of my favorite studies of all time occurred in southeastern Brazil. Two fishing villages there are separated by just 30 miles. One sits by the ocean, where fishing requires large boats and heavy equipment. To make a living there, fishermen must work together. The other sits by a lake, where fishermen strike out alone on small boats and compete with one another. Years ago, researchers tested how people in each of these villages responded to a set of social experiments. Ocean fishermen trusted strangers and cooperated with their neighbors. Lake fishermen competed and mistrusted instead. But here's the crazy part. These folks didn't start out any different from each other, but the longer fishermen worked on the lake, the more they competed. The longer they worked on the ocean, the less they did.

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