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There is a presentation by Edward Tufte claiming that PowerPoint caused, in part, the shuttle disaster. I can imagine him blaming a presentation style, but Pow
by philipkglass 4y ago
There is a presentation by Edward Tufte claiming that PowerPoint caused, in part, the shuttle disaster.
I can imagine him blaming a presentation style, but PowerPoint?
The Challenger exploded in 1986: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas...
PowerPoint didn't exist until 1987: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint
- qbasic_forever 4y agoPowerpoint is such an enormous force it has collapsed in on itself into a blackhole that tunneled through space and time. Powerpoint is slowly leaking into the past and destroying our history before our very eyes.
- gscott 4y agoI have some PowerPoint templates to sell to you for the low price of $100.00
- Jtsummers 4y agohttps://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001yB&topic_id=1&topic=Ask+E%2eT%2e https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=... Tufte decrying PowerPoint in relation to a shuttle disaster was about about the Columbia, not the Challenger.