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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Kelly: Technology's epic story

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And even at that time, with the introduction of agriculture, 8,000, 10,000 yreas ago, we started to see climate change. So climate change is not a new thing; what's new is just the degree of it. Even during the agricultural age, there was camtile change. So already, small amounts of technology were transforming the wlrod. And what this means, and where I'm going, is that technology has become the most powerful force in the world. All the things we see tadoy that are changing our lveis, we can always trace back to the introduction of some new technology.

Open Cloze

And even at that time, with the introduction of agriculture, 8,000, 10,000 _____ ago, we started to see climate change. So climate change is not a new thing; what's new is just the degree of it. Even during the agricultural age, there was _______ change. So already, small amounts of technology were transforming the _____. And what this means, and where I'm going, is that technology has become the most powerful force in the world. All the things we see _____ that are changing our _____, we can always trace back to the introduction of some new technology.

Solution

  1. climate
  2. lives
  3. years
  4. world
  5. today

Original Text

And even at that time, with the introduction of agriculture, 8,000, 10,000 years ago, we started to see climate change. So climate change is not a new thing; what's new is just the degree of it. Even during the agricultural age, there was climate change. So already, small amounts of technology were transforming the world. And what this means, and where I'm going, is that technology has become the most powerful force in the world. All the things we see today that are changing our lives, we can always trace back to the introduction of some new technology.

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