{"id":132335,"date":"2020-06-09T18:07:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T16:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132335"},"modified":"2020-06-09T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:00:27","slug":"michael-green-how-flags-unite-and-divide-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132335","title":{"rendered":"Michael Green: How flags unite (and divide) us"},"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=\"Michael Green: How flags unite (and divide) us\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/michael_green_how_flags_unite_and_divide_us\" 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>Flags are one of the simplest yet most powerful pieces of design ever conceived. They can make us swell with pride, burn with hatred &#8212; and even inspire people to die or kill in their name, says vexillologist Michael Green. Take a brief walk through history as Green explores the symbolic fervor behind flags that unify and divide, inviting us to imagine a future where we can come together under one collective identity: humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flags are one of the simplest yet most powerful pieces of design ever conceived. They can make us swell with pride, burn with hatred &#8212; and even inspire people to die or kill in their name, says vexillologist Michael Green. Take a brief walk through history as Green explores the symbolic fervor behind flags that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93227,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=93227","url_meta":{"origin":132335,"position":0},"title":"a Film of Flags","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"07\/03\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Featuring over 2,000 flags in motion to Ludwig van Beethoven, centuries in the making. 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