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From the Ted Talk by Alex Steffen: The route to a sustainable future

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When I'm starting tlkas like this, I usually do a whole seipl about sustainability because a lot of people out there don't know what that is. This is a crowd that does know what it is, so I'll like just do like the 60-second crib-note vresoin. Right? So just bear with me. We'll go real fast, you know? Fill in the blanks. So, you know, sustainability, small planet. Right? purcite a little Earth, circling around the sun. You know, about a million years ago, a bunch of monkeys fell out of trees, got a little clever, hrenasesd fire, invented the printing press, made, you know, luggage with wheels on it. And, you know, bluit the society that we now live in. Unfortunately, while this secotiy is, without a doubt, the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created, it's got some major, major flaws.

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When I'm starting _____ like this, I usually do a whole _____ about sustainability because a lot of people out there don't know what that is. This is a crowd that does know what it is, so I'll like just do like the 60-second crib-note _______. Right? So just bear with me. We'll go real fast, you know? Fill in the blanks. So, you know, sustainability, small planet. Right? _______ a little Earth, circling around the sun. You know, about a million years ago, a bunch of monkeys fell out of trees, got a little clever, _________ fire, invented the printing press, made, you know, luggage with wheels on it. And, you know, _____ the society that we now live in. Unfortunately, while this _______ is, without a doubt, the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created, it's got some major, major flaws.

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Original Text

When I'm starting talks like this, I usually do a whole spiel about sustainability because a lot of people out there don't know what that is. This is a crowd that does know what it is, so I'll like just do like the 60-second crib-note version. Right? So just bear with me. We'll go real fast, you know? Fill in the blanks. So, you know, sustainability, small planet. Right? Picture a little Earth, circling around the sun. You know, about a million years ago, a bunch of monkeys fell out of trees, got a little clever, harnessed fire, invented the printing press, made, you know, luggage with wheels on it. And, you know, built the society that we now live in. Unfortunately, while this society is, without a doubt, the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created, it's got some major, major flaws.

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