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{{a| | {{a|mgmt|[[File:Gear diagram.png|450px|thumb|center|A fatuous substitute for proper critical thought, yesterday]]}}No novel , no play, no acerbic letter — no creative thought of any substance in history— ever first put its squealing voice in the cupped ear of the world only thanks to a horizontal multi-level hierarchy<ref>“Use to show large amounts of hierarchical information progressing horizontally.”</ref>, a non-directional cycle<ref>“Use to represent a continuing sequence of stages, tasks, or events in a circular flow. Each shape has the same level of importance. Works well when direction does not need to be indicated.”</ref>, a cycle matrix<ref>“Use to show the relationship to a central idea in a cyclical progression.”</ref>, a diverging radial<ref>“Use to show relationships to a central idea in a cycle.”</ref> or any of the other infuriating ministrations of [[Microsoft PowerPoint]]. | ||
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No novel , no play, no acerbic letter — no creative thought of any substance in history— ever first put its squealing voice in the cupped ear of the world only thanks to a horizontal multi-level hierarchy<ref>“Use to show large amounts of hierarchical information progressing horizontally.”</ref>, a non-directional cycle<ref>“Use to represent a continuing sequence of stages, tasks, or events in a circular flow. Each shape has the same level of importance. Works well when direction does not need to be indicated.”</ref>, a cycle matrix<ref>“Use to show the relationship to a central idea in a cyclical progression.”</ref>, a diverging radial<ref>“Use to show relationships to a central idea in a cycle.”</ref> or any of the other infuriating ministrations of [[Microsoft PowerPoint]]. | |||
[[Microsoft PowerPoint|PowerPoint]] is the market-standard software package for dressing up fatuous ideas with profundity; as such it appeals to fools, blaggers and dilettantes. In the grand scheme of western commerce, that makes it a very, very big deal indeed. For some — notably [[change manager]]s and [[management consultants]] — it appears to be the sole means of communication with each other and the outside world. Adeptness at [[PowerPoint]], the willingness to tinker around to get snappy [[slide]] transitions and the like, is a core skill of an aspiring [[middle manager]] (and a quick way to pick up the fundamental syntax of this new idiom). For we recipients — we ''supplicants'' — it is the craggy back wall of the [[Plato’s cave|Platonic grotto]] to which we are chained and indentured. | [[Microsoft PowerPoint|PowerPoint]] is the market-standard software package for dressing up fatuous ideas with profundity; as such it appeals to fools, blaggers and dilettantes. In the grand scheme of western commerce, that makes it a very, very big deal indeed. For some — notably [[change manager]]s and [[management consultants]] — it appears to be the sole means of communication with each other and the outside world. Adeptness at [[PowerPoint]], the willingness to tinker around to get snappy [[slide]] transitions and the like, is a core skill of an aspiring [[middle manager]] (and a quick way to pick up the fundamental syntax of this new idiom). For we recipients — we ''supplicants'' — it is the craggy back wall of the [[Plato’s cave|Platonic grotto]] to which we are chained and indentured. | ||
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PowerPoint’s linguistic foundation comprises not just the traditional Roman alphabet but a supplemental lexicon of wingdings, pull-outs, bullets and animated transitions through which one can communicate in ways previously alien to the Indo-European tradition. | PowerPoint’s linguistic foundation comprises not just the traditional Roman alphabet but a supplemental lexicon of wingdings, pull-outs, bullets and animated transitions through which one can communicate in ways previously alien to the Indo-European tradition. | ||
That a linguistic tradition dating back to the birth of Vedic Sanskrit has not, until now, found any use for the vertical chevron list<ref>’Use to show a progression or sequential steps in a task, process, or workflow, or to emphasize movement or direction. </ref> or the circular bending process<ref>“Use to show a long or non-linear sequence or steps in a task, process, or workflow.”</ref> ought to tell you something about the world we live in. Still, this makes [[management speak]] a sort of base sixteen to ordinary English’s decimal; an illegitimate off-spring of our historical linguistic traditions and perhaps the first genuinely new dialect to emerge since {{tag|Latin}} five thousand years ago. | That a linguistic tradition dating back to the birth of Vedic Sanskrit has not, until now, found any use for the vertical chevron list<ref>’Use to show a progression or sequential steps in a task, process, or workflow, or to emphasize movement or direction. </ref> or the circular bending process<ref>“Use to show a long or [[non-linear]] sequence or steps in a task, process, or workflow.”</ref> ought to tell you something about the world we live in. Still, this makes [[management speak]] a sort of base sixteen to ordinary English’s decimal; an illegitimate off-spring of our historical linguistic traditions and perhaps the first genuinely new dialect to emerge since {{tag|Latin}} five thousand years ago. | ||
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