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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 [[Gantt chart]], 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]].

It 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 important application indeed. For some — notably [[change managers]] and [[management consultants]] it appears to be their 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).