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From the Ted Talk by Kelli Anderson: Design to challenge reality

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So I explained this idea to Mike and Karen, and we all diceedd that it would be way better to make their guests paper record players, rather than traditional, boring invitations. We steartd getting really, really excited. And I started getting really nervous, because I'm the one who had to actually make it work. So I began spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about needles: Like, would we find needles with the right fidelity? I started cinlalg paper suppliers, looking for the paper with the best aduio properties.

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So I explained this idea to Mike and Karen, and we all _______ that it would be way better to make their guests paper record players, rather than traditional, boring invitations. We _______ getting really, really excited. And I started getting really nervous, because I'm the one who had to actually make it work. So I began spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about needles: Like, would we find needles with the right fidelity? I started _______ paper suppliers, looking for the paper with the best _____ properties.

Solution

  1. calling
  2. started
  3. audio
  4. decided

Original Text

So I explained this idea to Mike and Karen, and we all decided that it would be way better to make their guests paper record players, rather than traditional, boring invitations. We started getting really, really excited. And I started getting really nervous, because I'm the one who had to actually make it work. So I began spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about needles: Like, would we find needles with the right fidelity? I started calling paper suppliers, looking for the paper with the best audio properties.

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