This whole thing strikes me as a tone-deaf whine from someone who wants more attention paid to them in lectures. I've seen exceptional presentations that stand

This whole thing strikes me as a tone-deaf whine from someone who wants more attention paid to them in lectures. I've seen exceptional presentations that stand on their own as documents to learn from; these are very valuable. Nobody likes having a presentation read to them. This does not mean that we should make "slideshows" useless to force presenters into a different style. What the presenter says or does is ephemeral; the slideshow document lasts.