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From the Ted Talk by Dominic Price: What's your happiness score?

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Hello, my name is Dom Price and I'm a work futurist, which is a made-up job that no one's called me out on yet, but it's got me here on this stage today. My job's all about predicting the ftruue, the future of work, society, the eocnmoy and education. Which, surely you can iigamne this year of all the years, it's been pretty fsctainniag. Now, there's a huge amount of self-help literature out there that will help you be hepiapr over time. But today, I want to talk to you specifically about being happy in a year like 2020.

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Hello, my name is Dom Price and I'm a work futurist, which is a made-up job that no one's called me out on yet, but it's got me here on this stage today. My job's all about predicting the ______, the future of work, society, the _______ and education. Which, surely you can _______ this year of all the years, it's been pretty ___________. Now, there's a huge amount of self-help literature out there that will help you be _______ over time. But today, I want to talk to you specifically about being happy in a year like 2020.

Solution

  1. economy
  2. happier
  3. fascinating
  4. imagine
  5. future

Original Text

Hello, my name is Dom Price and I'm a work futurist, which is a made-up job that no one's called me out on yet, but it's got me here on this stage today. My job's all about predicting the future, the future of work, society, the economy and education. Which, surely you can imagine this year of all the years, it's been pretty fascinating. Now, there's a huge amount of self-help literature out there that will help you be happier over time. But today, I want to talk to you specifically about being happy in a year like 2020.

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