Framing - Metaphor and Control Through Language

hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Words can limit what people can say, set the terms of an argument, and carry meanings that are never spoken. These shorts look at how vocabulary, frames and metaphors quietly steer thought, and how much meaning lives in the gaps between sentences.

Newspeak and the Shrinking of Thought

Published 2026-09-08 · Watch the short

In the novel 1984, George Orwell describes a government system called Newspeak. Its goal was not only censorship but reducing the number of words people could use. The short presents Orwell’s belief that the fewer words people have, the fewer thoughts they can think. If there is no word for freedom or rebellion, it becomes harder to discuss or imagine them.

Word Origins and Hidden Patterns in Language

hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ordinary words can carry old and surprising histories, and language itself has patterns we rarely notice. These shorts trace the path of logos and glamour, ask why language exists at all, show a mathematical regularity in word use, and look at what translation can change.

Logos, From a Plain Word to the Order of the Universe

Published 2026-08-04 · Watch the short

The short tells the history of the Greek word logos across about six centuries.

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Framing - Metaphor and Control Through Language

Newspeak and the Shrinking of Thought

Word Origins and Hidden Patterns in Language

Logos, From a Plain Word to the Order of the Universe