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From the Ted Talk by Paul Bennett: Design is in the details

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So, again, we sort of co-opt our enionremnvt to do all these different things. We co-opt other experiences — we take one item and tfnaserr it to another. And this is my favorite one. My mother used to say to me, "Just because your sister jumps in the lake doesn't mean you have to." But, of course, we all do. We all follow each other every day. So somebody auesmss that because somebody else has done something, that's permission for them to do the same thing. And there's almost this sort of semaphore around us all the time. I mean, shopping bag equals "parking meetr out of order." And we all, kind of, know how to read these signals now. We all talk to one another in this highly vuisal way without rizenailg what we're doing. Third section is this idea of not knowing, of ccosunlsioy putting yourself backwards. I talk about unthinking situations all the time. Sort of having beginner's mind, scraping your mind clean and looking at things afresh.

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So, again, we sort of co-opt our ___________ to do all these different things. We co-opt other experiences — we take one item and ________ it to another. And this is my favorite one. My mother used to say to me, "Just because your sister jumps in the lake doesn't mean you have to." But, of course, we all do. We all follow each other every day. So somebody _______ that because somebody else has done something, that's permission for them to do the same thing. And there's almost this sort of semaphore around us all the time. I mean, shopping bag equals "parking _____ out of order." And we all, kind of, know how to read these signals now. We all talk to one another in this highly ______ way without _________ what we're doing. Third section is this idea of not knowing, of ___________ putting yourself backwards. I talk about unthinking situations all the time. Sort of having beginner's mind, scraping your mind clean and looking at things afresh.

Solution

  1. realizing
  2. meter
  3. transfer
  4. environment
  5. assumes
  6. consciously
  7. visual

Original Text

So, again, we sort of co-opt our environment to do all these different things. We co-opt other experiences — we take one item and transfer it to another. And this is my favorite one. My mother used to say to me, "Just because your sister jumps in the lake doesn't mean you have to." But, of course, we all do. We all follow each other every day. So somebody assumes that because somebody else has done something, that's permission for them to do the same thing. And there's almost this sort of semaphore around us all the time. I mean, shopping bag equals "parking meter out of order." And we all, kind of, know how to read these signals now. We all talk to one another in this highly visual way without realizing what we're doing. Third section is this idea of not knowing, of consciously putting yourself backwards. I talk about unthinking situations all the time. Sort of having beginner's mind, scraping your mind clean and looking at things afresh.

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