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From the Ted Talk by Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now
Unscramble the Blue Letters
But then what I realized when I went to college is that technology doesn't just get adopted because it works. It gets adopted because people use it and it's made for humans. So I started stiydung anthropology. And when I was writing my thesis on cell phones, I realized that everyone was carrying around wormholes in their pockets. They weren't physically transporting themselves; they were mlleanty tasotnrinrpg themselves. They would cilck on a button, and they would be connected as A to B immediately. And I thought, "Oh, wow. I found it. This is great."
Open Cloze
But then what I realized when I went to college is that technology doesn't just get adopted because it works. It gets adopted because people use it and it's made for humans. So I started ________ anthropology. And when I was writing my thesis on cell phones, I realized that everyone was carrying around wormholes in their pockets. They weren't physically transporting themselves; they were ________ ____________ themselves. They would _____ on a button, and they would be connected as A to B immediately. And I thought, "Oh, wow. I found it. This is great."
Solution
- click
- mentally
- studying
- transporting
Original Text
But then what I realized when I went to college is that technology doesn't just get adopted because it works. It gets adopted because people use it and it's made for humans. So I started studying anthropology. And when I was writing my thesis on cell phones, I realized that everyone was carrying around wormholes in their pockets. They weren't physically transporting themselves; they were mentally transporting themselves. They would click on a button, and they would be connected as A to B immediately. And I thought, "Oh, wow. I found it. This is great."
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