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By the time I entered senior high school, I had heard a lot about TED Talks. I therefore knew they
were popular and 16. _ checking out. However, I didn't actually realize how interesting they could be
17. I sat down and watched one myself. The talk I saw was given by an Indian speaker, 18. how
his company turned air pollution into ink for pens and printers. 19. _ their creative approach to an
environmental problem, they were thus killing two birds with one stone. Not only were they helping to
"collect and reduce the air pollution is caused by cars and factories, but they were also actually
putting it to good use!
To see someone sharing an idea like this really opened my mind. In fact, 21. TED talks 21.
basically changed my life. I no longer watched funny cat videos all day. 22. _, I started listening to
more and more of these talks. I also tried a wide 23. of topics and to listen to as many talks as I could.
Some of the talks dealt with the technology of tomorrow. Others were about improving education. 24.
were about finding new solutions to old problems. That, by the way, is what TED 25. : Technology,
Entertainment, and Design. All in all, there's something for everyone, and everyone's sure to learn
something new!
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