Thinking more about this helped me clarify some of my feelings here, and I think a significant part of my aversion to the original design is that it screams “national flag”. The fact that it’s a triband contributes strongly to this. I think removing the sun reduces that somewhat, but it’s still there enough to cause me problems.
(Here we come to a more controversial vexillological opinion of mine, which is that tribands are massively overplayed and should be avoided in ~all modern contexts.)
(The utilitarian flag has a bit of a Micronesia vibe, but Micronesia’s is a very unusual national flag.)
What would you think about the same flag with the sun removed?
Might make it look a little unbalanced, but I kinda like that—longtermism is itself unbalanced in its focus on the future.
I tried it out, and yeah, it helps.
Thinking more about this helped me clarify some of my feelings here, and I think a significant part of my aversion to the original design is that it screams “national flag”. The fact that it’s a triband contributes strongly to this. I think removing the sun reduces that somewhat, but it’s still there enough to cause me problems.
(Here we come to a more controversial vexillological opinion of mine, which is that tribands are massively overplayed and should be avoided in ~all modern contexts.)
(The utilitarian flag has a bit of a Micronesia vibe, but Micronesia’s is a very unusual national flag.)