Astley writes: "In politics, television, newspapers and advertising, language is often negative, reductive, stripped of full expression to put across a message – it's spun or twisted out of recognition … Instead of being used to communicate, it is used to control thinking, as a tool of power".
Such an education, Freire warned, wanted "to control thinking and action".
Some of us are hauling back on the controls, thinking that's the right thing to do, despite the alarms sounding all around.
A boat comes down the river, takes a right, and heads for Old River Control, thinking that it is Old River Navigation Lock.
Huntington's causes changes to muscle control, thinking processes and can cause long-term mental health issues.
If I couldn't become an astronaut, I decided I'd work in Mission Control, thinking this would be the closest I could come.
I could feel myself losing control, thinking a little too earnestly about whether my coworkers would find it weird should I lick the chocolate shrapnel out of the wrapper.
When talking to What's on TV about Darren's addiction, Dawson said it began slowly but spiralled out of control, thinking that gambling is easy after a few big wins.
Sprott Inc.'s less-than-stellar market debut last week has Eric Sprott, the hedge-fund firm's founder, chairman and controlling shareholder, thinking that his fellow short-sellers were a big factor.
Startups have been testing out cheap "mind-reading" video games and toys, and there soon could be a day when household devices could be controlled by thinking with a headset.
You cannot be a wellness brand that subscribes to the idea that "a daily hit of athletic-induced endorphins gives you the power to make better decisions, helps you be at peace with yourself, and offsets stress," and at the same time say that drinking beer is a good idea, when alcohol inhibits controlled balance, thinking and movement.
