{"id":125,"date":"2013-05-16T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/brandon-stanton-good-story.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:22","slug":"brandon-stanton-good-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/brandon-stanton-good-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Stanton: The Good Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Stanton has a photography blog called Humans of New York. HONY has become one of my favorite blogs. If you haven&#8217;t heard of it, you need to check it out. Now. &#8230;GO!<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ps4jIrfdzHo\/UZQu7Ws3aOI\/AAAAAAAADuI\/TR12Lb_bYLQ\/s1600\/935641_463134813760624_1026484047_n.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nialangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/935641_463134813760624_1026484047_n.png?resize=400%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">facebook.com\/humansofnewyork<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Late last year, Brandon gave a TEDx talk at Columbia College. The talk is about how our worldview is negatively affected by good stories.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HGzgyVAlsDE\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;I agree with Brandon. <b>Do you?<\/b> Let me know!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-KqPcvmH8TNg\/UZQuTRv11jI\/AAAAAAAADuA\/JRbX56eZp4I\/s1600\/Nia%2BLangleySignature.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nialangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Nia-LangleySignature.jpg?resize=320%2C148&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Stanton has a photography blog called Humans of New York. 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