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Why Pitching Out Corrupts Within

A celebration of the great Edward Tufte, and about my disdain for powerpoint.

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Luke Burgis
May 14, 2023
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Jeff Bezos, driving.

Many people know that Jeff Bezos banned powerpoint presentations at Amazon; not many truly know why: he read this paper by Edward R. Tufte (and you should too). PowerPoint—or rather the culture that spawned it—may truly be evil.

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