[extropy-chat] FWD (Got Caliche?) PowerPoint is Evil! ...again

[Terry W. Colvin]

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/magazine/14POWER.html

What if PowerPoint is actually making us stupider? Edward Tufte claims that
Microsoft's ubiquitous software forces people to mutilate data beyond 
comprehension. PowerPoint also encourages users to rely on bulleted lists,
a 'faux analytical' technique that dodges the speaker's responsibility to tie
information together. PowerPoint is uniquely suited to our modern age of
obfuscation -- where manipulating facts is as important as presenting them
clearly. If you have nothing to say, maybe you need just the right tool to
help you not say it.


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