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From the Ted Talk by Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo

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Now, the issue about tattoos is that, without a word, tattoos really do shout. [Beautiful] [Intriguing] So you don't have to say a lot. [Allegiance] [Very intimate] [Serious mistakes] (Laughter) And tattoos tell you a lot of stories. If I can ask an ierscident question, how many of you have tattoos? A few, but not most. What happens if focaboek, goolge, Twitter, LinkedIn, cell peonhs, GPS, Foursquare, Yelp, Travel adsiovr, all these things you deal with every day turn out to be electronic tattoos? And what if they provide as much itianoromfn about who and what you are as any tattoo ever would?

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Now, the issue about tattoos is that, without a word, tattoos really do shout. [Beautiful] [Intriguing] So you don't have to say a lot. [Allegiance] [Very intimate] [Serious mistakes] (Laughter) And tattoos tell you a lot of stories. If I can ask an __________ question, how many of you have tattoos? A few, but not most. What happens if ________, ______, Twitter, LinkedIn, cell ______, GPS, Foursquare, Yelp, Travel _______, all these things you deal with every day turn out to be electronic tattoos? And what if they provide as much ___________ about who and what you are as any tattoo ever would?

Solution

  1. google
  2. information
  3. indiscreet
  4. facebook
  5. phones
  6. advisor

Original Text

Now, the issue about tattoos is that, without a word, tattoos really do shout. [Beautiful] [Intriguing] So you don't have to say a lot. [Allegiance] [Very intimate] [Serious mistakes] (Laughter) And tattoos tell you a lot of stories. If I can ask an indiscreet question, how many of you have tattoos? A few, but not most. What happens if Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, cell phones, GPS, Foursquare, Yelp, Travel Advisor, all these things you deal with every day turn out to be electronic tattoos? And what if they provide as much information about who and what you are as any tattoo ever would?

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Important Words

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  32. yelp