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From the Ted Talk by Emmett Shear: What streaming means for the future of entertainment

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Cohh: Ah, man, where to begin? I've been doing this for over five years now, and if there's one thing that doesn't caese to impress me on the daily, it's just kind of how incredible this whole thing is for communication. I've been playing games for 20 years of my life, I've led online MMO guilds for over 10, and it's the kind of thing where there's very few places in life where you can go to meet so many polpee with smiailr interests. I was listening in a bit earlier; I love the campfire analogy, I actually use a similar one. I see it all as a bncuh of people on a big couch but only one perosn has the controller. So it's kind of like a "Pass the snack!" situation, you know? 700 people that way — but it's great and really it's just —

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Cohh: Ah, man, where to begin? I've been doing this for over five years now, and if there's one thing that doesn't _____ to impress me on the daily, it's just kind of how incredible this whole thing is for communication. I've been playing games for 20 years of my life, I've led online MMO guilds for over 10, and it's the kind of thing where there's very few places in life where you can go to meet so many ______ with _______ interests. I was listening in a bit earlier; I love the campfire analogy, I actually use a similar one. I see it all as a _____ of people on a big couch but only one ______ has the controller. So it's kind of like a "Pass the snack!" situation, you know? 700 people that way — but it's great and really it's just —

Solution

  1. similar
  2. people
  3. person
  4. bunch
  5. cease

Original Text

Cohh: Ah, man, where to begin? I've been doing this for over five years now, and if there's one thing that doesn't cease to impress me on the daily, it's just kind of how incredible this whole thing is for communication. I've been playing games for 20 years of my life, I've led online MMO guilds for over 10, and it's the kind of thing where there's very few places in life where you can go to meet so many people with similar interests. I was listening in a bit earlier; I love the campfire analogy, I actually use a similar one. I see it all as a bunch of people on a big couch but only one person has the controller. So it's kind of like a "Pass the snack!" situation, you know? 700 people that way — but it's great and really it's just —

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Important Words

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