Dictation, please listen to the TED speech, and fill in the blanks with what you hear. Yes, we have good reason to (1) that the future will be faster, but what I've come to realize is that speed is paradoxical, and like all good paradoxes, it teaches us about the human experience, as absurd and (2) as it is. The first paradox is that we love speed, and we're thrilled by its intensity. But our prehistoric brains aren't really built for it, so we invent roller coasters and race cars and supersonic planes, but we get whiplash, (3), jet-lagged. We didn't evolve to multitask. Rather, we (4) to do one thing with incredible focus, like hunt -- not necessarily with great speed but with (5) for great distance. But now there's a widening (6) between our biology and our lifestyles, a mismatch between what our bodies are built for and what we're making them do. It's a phenomenon my mentors have called "Stone Agers in the fast lane." A second paradox of speed is that it can be measured objectively. Right? Miles per hour, gigabytes per second. But how speed feels, and whether we like it, is highly subjective. So we can document that the pace at which we are adopting new technologies is increasing. For example, it took (7) years from the introduction of the telephone to when the (8) of Americans had phones at home. In contrast, it only took 13 years for most of us to have (9). And how people act and react to speed varies by culture and among different people within the same culture. (10) that could be seen as pleasantly brisk and convenient in some cultures could be seen as horribly rude in others. I mean, you wouldn't go asking for a to-go cup at a Japanese tea ceremony so you could jet off to your next tourist stop. Would you?