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The understanding that human mental bandwidth is a finite an
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The understanding that human mental bandwidth is a finite and scarce resource could fundamentally change the way we think about poverty. Poverty imposes such a(n) (i)_____ cognitive load on the poor, a mental (ii)_____ akin to losing 13 IQ points, that they have little bandwidth left over to do what might lift them out of poverty – like go to night school or search for a new job. Being poor means coping with not just the financial instability, but also with a concurrent (iii)_____ of cognitive resources.
Kudos for the right answer and solution.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| massive | hysteria | shortfall |
| ephemeral | burden | superfluity |
| esoteric | rhapsody | surfeit |
Kudos for the right answer and solution.
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The understanding that human mental bandwidth is a finite and scarce resource could fundamentally change the way we think about poverty. Poverty imposes such a(n) (i)_____ cognitive load on the poor, a mental (ii)_____ akin to losing 13 IQ points, that they have little bandwidth left over to do what might lift them out of poverty – like go to night school or search for a new job. Being poor means coping with not just the financial instability, but also with a concurrent (iii)_____ of cognitive resources.
Kudos for the right answer and solution.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| massive | hysteria | shortfall |
| ephemeral | burden | superfluity |
| esoteric | rhapsody | surfeit |
Kudos for the right answer and solution.
Clue: put the 1st and 2nd blank with the clues above highlighted with same word respectively; and the 3rd one with the 3rd highlighted same word.
For example:
bandwidth is a finite and scarce resource goes with blank (i); --what is finite and scarce resource--massive
cognitive load goes to blank (ii); and ----something that is "loaded to us" means burden
little bandwidth left over goes to blank (iii); ----"left over" must be something that "short/less" which fails us from our desire.
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