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From the Ted Talk by Kate Raworth: A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So this double-sided challenge to meet the needs of all within the mnaes of the planet, it invites a new shape of progress, no longer this ever-rising line of growth, but a sweet spot for humanity, tirhnivg in dynamic balance between the fodauntoin and the ceiling. And I was really struck once I'd drawn this picture to realize that the smoybl of well-being in many ancient cultures reflects this very same sense of dynamic blancae, from the Maori Takarangi to the Taoist Yin Yang, the bshddiut endless knot, the Celtic double spiral.

Open Cloze

So this double-sided challenge to meet the needs of all within the _____ of the planet, it invites a new shape of progress, no longer this ever-rising line of growth, but a sweet spot for humanity, ________ in dynamic balance between the __________ and the ceiling. And I was really struck once I'd drawn this picture to realize that the ______ of well-being in many ancient cultures reflects this very same sense of dynamic _______, from the Maori Takarangi to the Taoist Yin Yang, the ________ endless knot, the Celtic double spiral.

Solution

  1. buddhist
  2. foundation
  3. symbol
  4. thriving
  5. balance
  6. means

Original Text

So this double-sided challenge to meet the needs of all within the means of the planet, it invites a new shape of progress, no longer this ever-rising line of growth, but a sweet spot for humanity, thriving in dynamic balance between the foundation and the ceiling. And I was really struck once I'd drawn this picture to realize that the symbol of well-being in many ancient cultures reflects this very same sense of dynamic balance, from the Maori Takarangi to the Taoist Yin Yang, the Buddhist endless knot, the Celtic double spiral.

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