Lind Channels Tufte
Lind channels Tufte as he takes shots at the role of PowerPoint in the American military:
The briefing format was devised to use form to conceal a lack of substance. PowerPoint, by reducing everything to bullets, goes one better. It makes coherent thought impossible. Bulletizing effectively makes every point equal in importance, which prevents any train of logic from developing. Thoughts are presented like so many horse apples, spread randomly on the road. After several hundred PowerPoint slides, the brains of all in attendance are in any case reduced to mush.
Discussions of PowerPoint have become a bit of a theme here, so I’ve added a “PowerPoint” category. It provides an easy way to quickly look back on all previous posts and discussions on the subject.
