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“People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they assume it's right. Rumor gets printed as fact. We may have lost our critical facility as a nation.”

People May Facts Lost Nations Internet Assuming Critical Rely Rumor Facility Printed Wikipedia

Author:Ben Mezrich

“The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.”

Facts Car Critical Electric Electric Car

Author:Carlos Ghosn

“Dialectical thought understands the critical tension between "is" and "ought" first as an ontological condition, pertaining to the structure of Being itself. However, the recognition of this state of Being its theory intends from the beginning a concrete practice. Seen in the light of a truth which appears in them falsified or denied, the given facts themselves appear false and negative.”

Firsts States Facts Light Given Practice Conditions Theory Ought Negative Structure Critical Recognition Tension Denied Concrete

Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

“The fact is that much of advertising's power comes from this belief that advertising does not affect us. The most effective kind of propaganda is that which is not recognized as propaganda. Because we think advertising is silly and trivial, we are less on guard, less critical, than we might otherwise be. It's all in fun, it's ridiculous. While we're laughing, sometimes sneering, the commercial does its work.”

Thinking Kind Doe Sometimes Facts Might Belief Fun Laughing Critical Ridiculous Silly Advertising Propaganda

Book:Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel

Source: Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel