I see this personally particularly when giving talks. Many early academics / PhD students try to go straight to the "Steve Jobs" style of talking, trying to exp

I see this personally particularly when giving talks. Many early academics / PhD students try to go straight to the "Steve Jobs" style of talking, trying to explain things with no (or very minimal slides). I'm increasingly sure you simply can't go straight from nothing to no slides, and trying to force it will just cause you and your audience pain. In particular, only by giving a number of talks do you learn what the 3 things are you HAVE to have on your slides -- just being minimal for minimal's sake isn't useful.