{"id":132957,"date":"2020-07-29T17:45:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132957"},"modified":"2020-07-29T17:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:45:05","slug":"5-reasons-the-modern-world-is-so-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132957","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons the Modern World Is so Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgNxLiuwFDY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A distinguishing feature of much of the modern man-made world is that it is, first and foremost, very ugly: disappointing modern architecture abounds. We&#8217;ve almost ceased to notice how awful a lot of it is and forgotten how much better we can do. Here are five central reasons why so many buildings have gone wrong and an urgent blueprint for how to build the more beautiful world we deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A distinguishing feature of much of the modern man-made world is that it is, first and foremost, very ugly: disappointing modern architecture abounds. We&#8217;ve almost ceased to notice how awful a lot of it is and forgotten how much better we can do. Here are five central reasons why so many buildings have gone wrong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132959,"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-132957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-reasons-the-modern-world-is-so.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":149040,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=149040","url_meta":{"origin":132957,"position":0},"title":"How Did The World Get So Ugly?","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"14\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tWYxrowovts?si=z8hZzrB2Dk14oPcB Look at the objects around you: furniture, cars, doors, bins, staircases, railings, doorbells, doorhandles, windows. 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