How Flags Unite and Divide Us @TED @TEDx #shorts #tedxtalks

Michael Green designs and studies flags, and is fascinated about how we use them as symbols of personal identity and pride. Watch his full TED Talk:

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February 17, 2023

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Michael Green designs and studies flags, and is fascinated about how we use them as symbols of personal identity and pride. Watch his full TED Talk:

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Emilia Bondarenko

February 17, 2023 at 7:53 pm

Fight? Again? Could we refuse???????

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Valita's Creative Designs

February 17, 2023 at 8:20 pm

If we’re all one what do we need to fight ? ????????‍♀️

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Erik Redding

February 17, 2023 at 8:24 pm

Climate change is a hoax. Humans have nothing to do with it. The poles are shifting and yea it will happen in our lifetime but nothing we can do to stop it. Better buy a bigger boat.

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Rogue Us

February 17, 2023 at 8:25 pm

That’s some poor design, ngl

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BinaryReader

February 17, 2023 at 8:43 pm

Nations have value because they embellish a sense of national identity and pride in ones cultural lineage. It’s easy for the US to say “let’s all be one and erase our national borders”, just so long as whatever culture emerges from that is a distinctly Aan American one.

No thanks, I’m not American and cherish my nations history and culture, and how it interacts with other cultures and contributes to the enrichment of cultural / national diversity and “ways of being”.

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亀島明

February 17, 2023 at 9:50 pm

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the only people going to outer space or mars are the elite billionaires.

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- myparcel tape
  
  February 17, 2023 at 9:56 pm
  
  I didn’t think he was talking about people in space, not physically.
  
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Antonio Tinoco

February 17, 2023 at 10:08 pm

That is the seed of life, from sacred geometry. There will never be such a thing as no nations, races, or cultures. Each deserve their own flag and most have them. Flags are not the problem. Greed and corruption is.

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- Glimmmerra
  
  February 18, 2023 at 12:22 am
  
  All stemming from supreme selfishness.
  
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47redtop

February 17, 2023 at 10:11 pm

An excellent idea – not sure of the design but that’s a mute point. The concept is very interesting and worth exploring further

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- kt_lyrics
  
  February 18, 2023 at 4:44 am
  
  Indian culture is all about humanity and this person is talking about only humans
  But in India people care about everything thing living non leaving all
  Indian believes that earth is our mother.
  And this philosophy is from thousands of years old.
  
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khalifa Al-Islam

February 17, 2023 at 10:51 pm

Who gave them the right to make a flag for the whole. When they don’t even care for thy neighbor….
It doesn’t make sense, just ego

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pallavi gande

February 18, 2023 at 2:17 am

Please share link of this ted x talk

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Gospel 4 All

February 18, 2023 at 2:46 am

I like the we are all “one” in the grand scheme of things bc it is true and I don’t feel like we don’t need anything flag to show that!!!

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Teacher Ari

February 18, 2023 at 3:26 am

I agree, we should unite, not only with a flag, but as a whole GLOBAL human community.

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kt_lyrics

February 18, 2023 at 4:40 am

You know what exactly the term SANATAN DHARMA is?
It is what you are talking about .

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Jose Gomez

February 18, 2023 at 6:29 am

That’s a elementary design tbh, just put the planet earth lol

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Valter Bione

February 18, 2023 at 6:50 am

I think it’s more like the human flag than the earth flag, if we are on Mars, will there be a new flag?

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lkmsundastood

February 18, 2023 at 8:10 am

I agree

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Marp Beebop Chickenpox Kaij

February 18, 2023 at 9:01 am

No. It should BE the Earth. ????

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Josh N

February 18, 2023 at 10:09 am

I get you have a dream. But you need to step back into reality. Humans adapt to survive. no more, no less. That means freedom of choice and Any reasonable/ Intelligent human will not trust anyone beyond their community.

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M B

February 18, 2023 at 11:04 am

No.

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Rainman

February 18, 2023 at 12:43 pm

Knowing TED talks he probably is a flags salesman

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Kool Akiem

February 18, 2023 at 12:54 pm

I don’t like the design ????

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Corey Edwards

February 18, 2023 at 3:08 pm

The flag is based on the flower of life, a form of sacred Geometry. It Symbolize things like 7 days of genesis, the start of embryos, and life itself. I think it’d perfect for humanity’s symbol

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Yesterday's Dead, Today Only Exists

February 18, 2023 at 4:23 pm

Humens

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Jackmerius Tacktheritrix

February 18, 2023 at 5:50 pm

????????????????????????????

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MrTravel4nutin

February 18, 2023 at 6:13 pm

$$$$$ the only flag our leaders care about.

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