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"Branding is the profound manifestation of the human spirit," says designer and podcaster Debbie Millman. In a historical odyssey that she illustrated herself, Millman traces the evolution of branding, from cave paintings to flags to beer labels and beyond. She explores the power of symbols to unite people, beginning with prehistoric communities who used them to represent beliefs and identify affiliations to modern companies that adopt logos and trademarks to market their products — and explains how branding reflects the state of humanity.
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i don’t think i’ve ever been early on a ted talk
Didn’t expect such an angle of delivery on a political message.
Pretty obvious, however someone did need to put it to words
Symbols are echos of the divine.
capitalism ho
Awesome!!
Well words are symbols it is how we communicate so duh..
I just don’t understand how all this beautiful life came together randomly in a big bang. . I’m saying it’s Jesus Christ. Believe me or not. It’s up to you. I know the truth.
So some carpenter’s father created the universe & then sacrificed his son to himself in an attempt to make up for his bad decision making? Um, I’m going to go ahead & be content with admitting we don’t know everything & understand that the only way we can put the pieces together & solve the puzzle is through rigorous application of logic, reason & critical thinking skills. Whatever we discover as we explore will be far greater than the writers of any holy book could imagine.
It’s not the truth though.
Symbolism will be their downfall.
Swastika is A major Civilizational Hindu Symbol which is actually “OM” symbol drawn in all Four Directions. OM is referenced to name of The Eternal Ubiquitous Power which is known as “Eshwar”(Eshwar is not the same as in other beliefs like ‘God’ or ‘Allah’ which is manifested as if “someONE” sitting in sky who will forgive).
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Swastika comes from Sanskrit word Swasti meaning source of All Happiness and Prosperity. And source of happiness and solution of all problems in Life comes from Knowledge. And knowledge comes by Discarding Superstitions, myths and pseudo knowledge.
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With Knowledge, you won’t have any “Dosha”, if there is no Dosha, you won’t have “Pravritti”, if there is no Pravritti, there is no “Dukha” and if there is no Dukha, you’ll have “Moksh”(lookup these terms)
There is such deep meaning imbibed in that symbol which is 1000’s of years old and all it took was a dictator less than 70 years ago to change its meaning and perception.
“I am a false prophet. God is a superstition.” -Eli, There Will Be Blood
“If I say I am an oil man, you will agree.” – Daniel Plainview
Man this talk really made me want a coke