Powerpoint as non-lethal debilitation

“Make no mistake, PowerPoint is not a neutral tool — it is actively hostile to thoughtful decision-making. It has fundamentally changed our culture by altering the expectations of who makes decisions, what decisions they make and how they make them.”

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/essay-dumb-dumb-bullets/

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/march-2014/physics-by-hand

“Alas, slideware often reduces the analytical quality of presentations. In particular, the popular PowerPoint templates (ready-made designs) usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis. What is the problem with PowerPoint? And how can we improve our presentations? ”

http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint