Although he left out all the details, after the first paragraph you know enough to decide whether you want to read the rest of the article or not. The "inverte

Although he left out all the details, after the first paragraph you know enough to decide whether you want to read the rest of the article or not. The "inverted pyramid" someone else linked to here means that the information is presented from most to least important, so you can stop reading the article anytime when it starts to bore you, and still know you have read everything you want to know.