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We already live in an ever-communicated world that will only become mere so in the next tech era. We’ve (1) that gets us so much information. We’ve got every second (2) , we’ve get computers and laptops, we’ve get personal organizers and we’re just being (3) and every advance in technology seems to create more and more communications at us. We are sort of (4) .
Research suggests that all the multi-tasking may actually make our brains (5) , producing a world-wide increase in IQ (6) and mere in recent decades. Is there any real benefit in (7) we new have to go through
We’re net becoming a race of (8) , but many de think certain skills are enhanced and certain are net. You knew the ability to (9) , to answer a dozen e- mails in five minutes, or to fill out (10) . That’s enhanced. But when someone is out there with his kids (11) or something like that, he’s got his cell phone in his pocket. He’s always wondering, "Gee, did I get a voicemail " This might have negative effects (12) .
Creativity is something that happens slowly. It happens when your brain is just (13) , just playing, when it (14) which you hadn’t thought of, or maybe you have time to read a book. You are a businessperson but you have time to (15) ,or about a philosopher and something that happened long age or something or some idea (16) . Actually, it might occur to you that you (17) in that way, and so it’s this mixture of unrelated ideas that feeds your productivity, (18) . And if your mind is disciplined to answer every e-mail, then you don’t have time for that playful noodling. You don’t have time for (19) . So I think maybe we’re getting smarter in .some senses, but ever-communication is (20) and to our reflection.

We already live in an ever-communicated world that will only become mere so in the next tech era. We’ve (1) that gets us so much information. We’ve got every second (2) , we’ve get computers and laptops, we’ve get personal organizers and we’re just being (3) and every advance in technology seems to create more and more communications at us. We are sort of (4) .
Research suggests that all the multi-tasking may actually make our brains (5) , producing a world-wide increase in IQ (6) and mere in recent decades. Is there any real benefit in (7) we new have to go through
We’re net becoming a race of (8) , but many de think certain skills are enhanced and certain are net. You knew the ability to (9) , to answer a dozen e- mails in five minutes, or to fill out (10) . That’s enhanced. But when someone is out there with his kids (11) or something like that, he’s got his cell phone in his pocket. He’s always wondering, "Gee, did I get a voicemail " This might have negative effects (12) .
Creativity is something that happens slowly. It happens when your brain is just (13) , just playing, when it (14) which you hadn’t thought of, or maybe you have time to read a book. You are a businessperson but you have time to (15) ,or about a philosopher and something that happened long age or something or some idea (16) . Actually, it might occur to you that you (17) in that way, and so it’s this mixture of unrelated ideas that feeds your productivity, (18) . And if your mind is disciplined to answer every e-mail, then you don’t have time for that playful noodling. You don’t have time for (19) . So I think maybe we’re getting smarter in .some senses, but ever-communication is (20) and to our reflection.

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     "What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.
     Nobody had ever   1   before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at
me, sincerely waiting for   2  , I realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully
replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people   3   me and saw only happy teeth.
     Later that day at home, I began to   4   my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not happy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!
     Of course, Mom   5   everything. She has lived her entire life with happy teeth, and tried to convince me
that there was nothing to   6  . When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap
if it was that important. "Let's be   7  , though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty,
everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."
    Her   8   made me consider my teeth seriously. the thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the
reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my   9  .
     Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The   10   is that no
one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for   11  .
So if that girl ever asked about my teeth   12  , I would truthfully answer, "You know? It's really cute."
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