PowerPoint Makes You Dumb

NY Times article re:NASA report

[dcheney]

Interesting article in today's NY Times on a conclusion of the first part of the NASA report on the Columbia disaster.

PowerPoint Makes You Dumb [nytimes.com]

[troels nybo nielsen]

This is a gem:

Perhaps 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.

Happily I have never used PowerPoint. I also avoid visiting MSN. I feel that I am stupid enough without help.

[KeithDouglas]

If you haven't seen this yet, take a look. Funny and sad at the same time:

The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
[norvig.com...]

[Chndru]

nice link, keith.

Guess where Norvig works?

[KeithDouglas]

Interesting. I have shown this 'site to several friends and never noticed that detail. Maybe this is the reason the Microsoft/Google merger never materialized?