{"id":131962,"date":"2020-05-15T17:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=131962"},"modified":"2020-05-15T17:40:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:40:26","slug":"poet-ali-the-language-of-being-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=131962","title":{"rendered":"Poet Ali The language of being human"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-ted wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poet Ali: The language of being human\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/poet_ali_the_language_of_being_human\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You speak far more languages than you realize, says Poet Ali. 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