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From the Ted Talk by Keith Bellows: The camel's hump

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Thank you. I just want to leave you with one last thought, which is probably the most important thing to take away. Humans, the amainl, are pretty lkucy creatures because, by and large, we really don't have to adapt to our environment; we adapt our environment to us. And we've seen that repeatedly through this conference, not just this year, but in past years. But this creature that you've just seen ultimately adapts, and keeps adapting and adapting. I think when you look at the animal kingdom, that is one of the most rebkmrlaae things. It doesn't have an environment that adapts to it; it has to adapt to the ennmrvenoit.

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Thank you. I just want to leave you with one last thought, which is probably the most important thing to take away. Humans, the ______, are pretty _____ creatures because, by and large, we really don't have to adapt to our environment; we adapt our environment to us. And we've seen that repeatedly through this conference, not just this year, but in past years. But this creature that you've just seen ultimately adapts, and keeps adapting and adapting. I think when you look at the animal kingdom, that is one of the most __________ things. It doesn't have an environment that adapts to it; it has to adapt to the ___________.

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  1. animal
  2. lucky
  3. environment
  4. remarkable

Original Text

Thank you. I just want to leave you with one last thought, which is probably the most important thing to take away. Humans, the animal, are pretty lucky creatures because, by and large, we really don't have to adapt to our environment; we adapt our environment to us. And we've seen that repeatedly through this conference, not just this year, but in past years. But this creature that you've just seen ultimately adapts, and keeps adapting and adapting. I think when you look at the animal kingdom, that is one of the most remarkable things. It doesn't have an environment that adapts to it; it has to adapt to the environment.

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