[extropy-chat] FWD [SK] Re: PowerPoint is Evil! ...again

[Terry W. Colvin]

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>Terry W. Colvin forwarded (from Mike Lorrey):
> > > What if PowerPoint is actually making us stupider?
> >
> > I dispute this. Power Point is used to get the point across to the
> > terminally uninterested. I recall giving talks to contractors and
> > energy conservation officers about market distortions caused by
> > improper implementations of conservation rebates, with very informative
> > Excel generated 3 axis graphs illustrating cost-benefit thresholds and
> > so forth. They used to bitch that I gave them headaches with so much
> > information, at least those that did not glaze over. Then some cute
> > little marketing bimbo would come in from the competitors and make a
> > bunch of unsupported claims with a power point presentation full of
> > bulleted lists and these guys would be yabbering her 'facts' for weeks
> > afterward.... Power Point: comic books for commerce...
>
>---
>
>This example would seem to support the premise that PP is making us
>stupider, wouldn't it?
>Present people with actual well substantiated facts, and they glaze over or
>get headaches. Present them, instead, with a cute bulleted list of
>fabrications, and they "learn" the material and repeat it.
>
>best,
>-SW


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