How native speakers pronounce “acceptable”

You know, I think we all love hearing about gross stories, because it's a socially acceptable way to explore the gross side of ourselves. But there's this other reason

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

But we need a public debate about the acceptable and unacceptable uses of prediction. And we're currently not having it.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

and the threat of this kind of risk went from low to medium, which is just the level below what is acceptable. So I'm worried about these increasing capabilities.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

Or hide inside work or hobbies or some other socially acceptable busyness. In my worst moments, when sitting on my hands is just unbearable,

To Love Is to Be Brave | Kelly Corrigan | TED · TED

In a way, I feel like this is the choice that faces us. If we dismiss these new natures as not acceptable or trashy or no good, we might as well just pave them over.

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris