A boy of 24, looking out from the train’s window, shouted, “Dad, look, the trees are going behind!” Dad smiled, and a young couple sitting nearby looked at the (48)________ childish behaviour with pity. Suddenly, he again exclaimed, “Dad, look, the clouds are running with us!” The couple couldn't resist and said to the old man, “Why not (49)________ your son to a good doctor?” The old man smiled and said, “I did, and we are just coming from the hospital. My son was blind from birth; he just got his eyes today.”

Every single person on the planet has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.

A boy of 24, looking out from the train’s window, shouted, “Dad, look, the trees are going behind!” Dad smiled, and a young couple sitting nearby looked at the (48)________ childish behaviour with pity. Suddenly, he again exclaimed, “Dad, look, the clouds are running with us!” The couple couldn't resist and said to the old man, “Why not (49)________ your son to a good doctor?” The old man smiled and said, “I did, and we are just coming from the hospital. My son was blind from birth; he just got his eyes today.”

Every single person on the planet has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

Task 7

Dan Shipper, the founder of the media start-up Every, says he gets asked a lot whether he thinks robots will replace writers. He swears they won't, at least not at his company. Every, though, also uses generative AI to create software products, including an online writing tool, that are core to its business. Subscribers pay $200 a year for (40)________ to those tools, which has led to about $1 million in annual revenue.

That revenue is tiny in the booming world of AI. But Every’s business has generated (41)________ interest inside media circles – and become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of AI’s potential to (42)________ journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had (43)________ $2 million from a group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, the venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn. That round values Every at $25 million, Mr. Shipper said.

Mr. Shipper, 33, started Every with a mission to combine articles from writers into a single (44)________, an old idea that has been tried many times. When that finally (45)________ the ground, he realized that he had essentially created a digital magazine. Mr. Shipper argues that the advent of generative AI is merely the latest step in a centuries-long technological march that has brought writers closer to their own ideas. Along the way, most typesetters and scriveners have been erased. But the part of writing that most requires humans remains (46)________: a perspective and taste, and AI can help form both even though it doesn’t have either on its own, he said.

Mr. Shipper said he had even used AI to prepare for the interview for this article. He said he had asked ChatGPT to do a (47)________ interview with him, as a kind of trial run to predict what questions he might be asked.

You Must Be Joking: Comedy as a Tool for Climate Action

In the last few years, comedy has been making its entry into the world of effective climate communication. Efforts like Climate Science Breakthrough in the UK, where comedians “translate” the analyses of straight-faced climate scientists, to the YouTube series Politically Aweh in South Africa, which discusses climate science with the use of TV show clips, are working to break the barriers to public engagement on climate change through humour.

Comedy has a fantastic ability to lower people’s defences and make hard-to-stomach topics more digestible. It has a long history of addressing tough topics. (34)________ Netflix shows like Baby Reindeer, about the screenwriter’s experience of being stalked, and Feel Good, a romcom about a comedian struggling with substance abuse, are two recent examples of humour being used to tackle trauma and emotionally heavy topics. A light-hearted tone and a touch of self-deprecation can go a long way to dismantling psychological defences to discussions about the climate and other topics we'd prefer not to think about.

Fast forward to a year after my first attempt at stand-up comedy, and I was collaborating with Countdown Comedy Club, an open mic show based in Brussels, to host an open mic night all around the theme of the climate. I’m used to being a token activist in the comedy scene. (35)________. But both seasoned comedians and newcomers took the stage to discuss their traumas from the German train system, the difficulty of dating while eco-anxious, and the love-hate relationship with cycling in the city. The bar was packed. And a lot of the audience members came from nearby offices of non-governmental organizations and European institutions. (36) ________.

Those of us already involved in activist movements, working in advocacy or elsewhere at the frontlines of tackling climate change, have to cope with constant exposure to negative news, and the knowledge that we’re working against sickeningly high stakes. In my own full-time job, I find myself pendulum-swinging between despair about the state of the world and obsessive workaholism to regain some sense of agency over the situation. (37)________. The overwhelming reaction made it clear how many people are struggling with the same.

Comedy faces the criticism that it risks trivialising serious topics. On particularly stressful days, I’ve stopped halfway through drafting sketches and wondered how I could ever joke about something like catastrophic flooding or destabilised food supply chains. But I did. And those have been some of my best performances. (38)________.

I feel that approach makes a difference. It allows the audience to relax. Just like in my online writing about burnout, the personal approach has served to create a more accessible and human space to discuss serious topics and break down barriers. It’s not just something I do for the audience’s benefit either. Sharing my work and its frustrations with other people can serve as a far healthier coping mechanism than sitting at home doomscrolling. As humans, we need comedy. (39)________. So, if you are a good scientist, we need climate scientists. If you are a good artist, we need artists, too. And if you're funny, we need climate comedians. I’m not joking.

You Must Be Joking: Comedy as a Tool for Climate Action

In the last few years, comedy has been making its entry into the world of effective climate communication. Efforts like Climate Science Breakthrough in the UK, where comedians “translate” the analyses of straight-faced climate scientists, to the YouTube series Politically Aweh in South Africa, which discusses climate science with the use of TV show clips, are working to break the barriers to public engagement on climate change through humour.

Comedy has a fantastic ability to lower people’s defences and make hard-to-stomach topics more digestible. It has a long history of addressing tough topics. (34)________ Netflix shows like Baby Reindeer, about the screenwriter’s experience of being stalked, and Feel Good, a romcom about a comedian struggling with substance abuse, are two recent examples of humour being used to tackle trauma and emotionally heavy topics. A light-hearted tone and a touch of self-deprecation can go a long way to dismantling psychological defences to discussions about the climate and other topics we'd prefer not to think about.

Fast forward to a year after my first attempt at stand-up comedy, and I was collaborating with Countdown Comedy Club, an open mic show based in Brussels, to host an open mic night all around the theme of the climate. I’m used to being a token activist in the comedy scene. (35)________. But both seasoned comedians and newcomers took the stage to discuss their traumas from the German train system, the difficulty of dating while eco-anxious, and the love-hate relationship with cycling in the city. The bar was packed. And a lot of the audience members came from nearby offices of non-governmental organizations and European institutions. (36) ________.

Those of us already involved in activist movements, working in advocacy or elsewhere at the frontlines of tackling climate change, have to cope with constant exposure to negative news, and the knowledge that we’re working against sickeningly high stakes. In my own full-time job, I find myself pendulum-swinging between despair about the state of the world and obsessive workaholism to regain some sense of agency over the situation. (37)________. The overwhelming reaction made it clear how many people are struggling with the same.

Comedy faces the criticism that it risks trivialising serious topics. On particularly stressful days, I’ve stopped halfway through drafting sketches and wondered how I could ever joke about something like catastrophic flooding or destabilised food supply chains. But I did. And those have been some of my best performances. (38)________.

I feel that approach makes a difference. It allows the audience to relax. Just like in my online writing about burnout, the personal approach has served to create a more accessible and human space to discuss serious topics and break down barriers. It’s not just something I do for the audience’s benefit either. Sharing my work and its frustrations with other people can serve as a far healthier coping mechanism than sitting at home doomscrolling. As humans, we need comedy. (39)________. So, if you are a good scientist, we need climate scientists. If you are a good artist, we need artists, too. And if you're funny, we need climate comedians. I’m not joking.

You Must Be Joking: Comedy as a Tool for Climate Action

In the last few years, comedy has been making its entry into the world of effective climate communication. Efforts like Climate Science Breakthrough in the UK, where comedians “translate” the analyses of straight-faced climate scientists, to the YouTube series Politically Aweh in South Africa, which discusses climate science with the use of TV show clips, are working to break the barriers to public engagement on climate change through humour.

Comedy has a fantastic ability to lower people’s defences and make hard-to-stomach topics more digestible. It has a long history of addressing tough topics. (34)________ Netflix shows like Baby Reindeer, about the screenwriter’s experience of being stalked, and Feel Good, a romcom about a comedian struggling with substance abuse, are two recent examples of humour being used to tackle trauma and emotionally heavy topics. A light-hearted tone and a touch of self-deprecation can go a long way to dismantling psychological defences to discussions about the climate and other topics we'd prefer not to think about.

Fast forward to a year after my first attempt at stand-up comedy, and I was collaborating with Countdown Comedy Club, an open mic show based in Brussels, to host an open mic night all around the theme of the climate. I’m used to being a token activist in the comedy scene. (35)________. But both seasoned comedians and newcomers took the stage to discuss their traumas from the German train system, the difficulty of dating while eco-anxious, and the love-hate relationship with cycling in the city. The bar was packed. And a lot of the audience members came from nearby offices of non-governmental organizations and European institutions. (36) ________.

Those of us already involved in activist movements, working in advocacy or elsewhere at the frontlines of tackling climate change, have to cope with constant exposure to negative news, and the knowledge that we’re working against sickeningly high stakes. In my own full-time job, I find myself pendulum-swinging between despair about the state of the world and obsessive workaholism to regain some sense of agency over the situation. (37)________. The overwhelming reaction made it clear how many people are struggling with the same.

Comedy faces the criticism that it risks trivialising serious topics. On particularly stressful days, I’ve stopped halfway through drafting sketches and wondered how I could ever joke about something like catastrophic flooding or destabilised food supply chains. But I did. And those have been some of my best performances. (38)________.

I feel that approach makes a difference. It allows the audience to relax. Just like in my online writing about burnout, the personal approach has served to create a more accessible and human space to discuss serious topics and break down barriers. It’s not just something I do for the audience’s benefit either. Sharing my work and its frustrations with other people can serve as a far healthier coping mechanism than sitting at home doomscrolling. As humans, we need comedy. (39)________. So, if you are a good scientist, we need climate scientists. If you are a good artist, we need artists, too. And if you're funny, we need climate comedians. I’m not joking.

You Must Be Joking: Comedy as a Tool for Climate Action

In the last few years, comedy has been making its entry into the world of effective climate communication. Efforts like Climate Science Breakthrough in the UK, where comedians “translate” the analyses of straight-faced climate scientists, to the YouTube series Politically Aweh in South Africa, which discusses climate science with the use of TV show clips, are working to break the barriers to public engagement on climate change through humour.

Comedy has a fantastic ability to lower people’s defences and make hard-to-stomach topics more digestible. It has a long history of addressing tough topics. (34)________ Netflix shows like Baby Reindeer, about the screenwriter’s experience of being stalked, and Feel Good, a romcom about a comedian struggling with substance abuse, are two recent examples of humour being used to tackle trauma and emotionally heavy topics. A light-hearted tone and a touch of self-deprecation can go a long way to dismantling psychological defences to discussions about the climate and other topics we'd prefer not to think about.

Fast forward to a year after my first attempt at stand-up comedy, and I was collaborating with Countdown Comedy Club, an open mic show based in Brussels, to host an open mic night all around the theme of the climate. I’m used to being a token activist in the comedy scene. (35)________. But both seasoned comedians and newcomers took the stage to discuss their traumas from the German train system, the difficulty of dating while eco-anxious, and the love-hate relationship with cycling in the city. The bar was packed. And a lot of the audience members came from nearby offices of non-governmental organizations and European institutions. (36) ________.

Those of us already involved in activist movements, working in advocacy or elsewhere at the frontlines of tackling climate change, have to cope with constant exposure to negative news, and the knowledge that we’re working against sickeningly high stakes. In my own full-time job, I find myself pendulum-swinging between despair about the state of the world and obsessive workaholism to regain some sense of agency over the situation. (37)________. The overwhelming reaction made it clear how many people are struggling with the same.

Comedy faces the criticism that it risks trivialising serious topics. On particularly stressful days, I’ve stopped halfway through drafting sketches and wondered how I could ever joke about something like catastrophic flooding or destabilised food supply chains. But I did. And those have been some of my best performances. (38)________.

I feel that approach makes a difference. It allows the audience to relax. Just like in my online writing about burnout, the personal approach has served to create a more accessible and human space to discuss serious topics and break down barriers. It’s not just something I do for the audience’s benefit either. Sharing my work and its frustrations with other people can serve as a far healthier coping mechanism than sitting at home doomscrolling. As humans, we need comedy. (39)________. So, if you are a good scientist, we need climate scientists. If you are a good artist, we need artists, too. And if you're funny, we need climate comedians. I’m not joking.