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From the Ted Talk by Kathryn Bouskill: The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world

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And we need to reconsider what it means to save time. Culture and rituals around the world build in sesowlns, because slowness hpels us reinforce our shared values and connect. And cconenotin is a critical part of being human. We need to master speed, and that means thinking carefully about the trade-offs of any given technology. Will it help you reclaim time that you can use to express your humanity? Will it give you hurry sickness? Will it give other people hurry sknciess? If you're lucky enough to decide the pace that you want to tarvel through life, it's a privilege. Use it. You might decide that you need both to speed up and to create slow time: time to refelct, to percolate at your own pace; time to listen, to empathize, to rest your mind, to linger at the dnnier talbe.

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And we need to reconsider what it means to save time. Culture and rituals around the world build in ________, because slowness _____ us reinforce our shared values and connect. And __________ is a critical part of being human. We need to master speed, and that means thinking carefully about the trade-offs of any given technology. Will it help you reclaim time that you can use to express your humanity? Will it give you hurry sickness? Will it give other people hurry ________? If you're lucky enough to decide the pace that you want to ______ through life, it's a privilege. Use it. You might decide that you need both to speed up and to create slow time: time to _______, to percolate at your own pace; time to listen, to empathize, to rest your mind, to linger at the ______ _____.

Solution

  1. travel
  2. helps
  3. reflect
  4. table
  5. sickness
  6. slowness
  7. connection
  8. dinner

Original Text

And we need to reconsider what it means to save time. Culture and rituals around the world build in slowness, because slowness helps us reinforce our shared values and connect. And connection is a critical part of being human. We need to master speed, and that means thinking carefully about the trade-offs of any given technology. Will it help you reclaim time that you can use to express your humanity? Will it give you hurry sickness? Will it give other people hurry sickness? If you're lucky enough to decide the pace that you want to travel through life, it's a privilege. Use it. You might decide that you need both to speed up and to create slow time: time to reflect, to percolate at your own pace; time to listen, to empathize, to rest your mind, to linger at the dinner table.

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