Discussion

PowerPoint is evil and its does not fulfill its role as a presentation tool. In fact, it is not used as a creative tool but people have over-relied on PowerPoint to derive half-formed information (Tufte, 2003). I believe that PowerPoint is associated with dark side as it does not produce clear message but rather people receive preconceived information. The use of headings and bullets stultify the ability to understand the real meaning of the subject. Designed in various occupations such as public relation and industries   use power point for data analysis, and presentation is  a big challenge in  that the data is not  an ‘evidence presentation’ and thus,  PowerPoint corrupts (Tufte, 2003). In economic arena, PowerPoint has produced smirk commercialism where presenters display sales presentation. The big problem with sales pitches is that they contain wrong message and outdated information based on unconsidered needs and ignores company’s credentials (Tufte, 2003).

 Generally, I agree with Tufte’s ideas that PowerPoint is evil in that people receive summarized ideas through bullet and this affects their thinking. A point to note is that PowerPoint should not be used to provide audiences with information but rather it is a tool where teachers and managers can use to derive materials in a quick way and present them to the audience. PowerPoint distorts important message and this can lead to societal problems in that people do not reflect on evidence and do get the opportunity for critical thinking (Tufte, 2003).  Note that  the PowerPoint slides  denies people the opportunity to understand   the root cause of  some complex issues  and becomes weak in making decisions. It is true that presenters  ignores the relevance of the content and neglects interaction.  It is important to value the audience in order to create a room for asking questions and understand the topic deeply (Tufte, 2003).  In all settings such as school, business and political arena, people need to understand the context through interacting, comparing information using evidence and make conclusion.

 

 

 

Reference

Tufte. Edward. (2003).  PowerPoint is evil.  Retrieved from: https://www.wired.com/2003/09/ppt2/