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Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
We’ve all sat in those presentations. A speaker with a stream of slides full of text, monotonously reading them off as we read along. We’re so used to it we expect it. We accept it. We even consider it ‘learning’. As an educator I push against ‘death by PowerPoint’ and I'm fascinated with how we
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2022 | Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019) by tk75x | 368 | 197 |
| Aug 28, 2025 | The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the over-reliance on PowerPoint (2019) by scapecast | 210 | 173 |
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