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“PowerPoint makes us stupid.”

April 27, 2010 By: Doug Stern Category: Communication, Digital vs. analog, Technology

That’s what Gen. James N. Mattis, USMC, said, according to an article in this morning’s New York Times.   He’s the Joint Forces commander in Afghanistan and was speaking earlier this month at a military conference in North Carolina.

I agree.  Less is more.

Tags: New York Times, PowerPoint, United States Marine Corps

3 Comments to ““PowerPoint makes us stupid.””

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   Doug Stern says:

   April 27, 2010 at 8:37 am

   Here’s Seth’s take on the article and the issue: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/04/powerpoint-makes-us-stupidthese-bullets-can-kill.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29

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   Doug Stern says:

   April 28, 2010 at 3:14 pm

   It’s Wednesday, and the New York Times article referred to in the post tops today’s Most E-mailed and Most Blogged lists in the paper.

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   nursing schools says:

   May 19, 2010 at 12:36 am

   nice post. thanks.

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