Re:Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (...
by giantg2 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @11:04AM
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The title of this post is claiming this slide killed 7 people. That's a pretty bold and accusatory claim that seems to leave out the other failures, right?
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Re:Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (...
by TobTobXX on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @11:07AM
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From the article (emphasis mine):
> This, however, is the story of a PowerPoint slide that actually _helped_ kill seven people.
Re:Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (...
by giantg2 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:17PM
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Any evidence to support that claim? NASA employees raised concerns about the severity of the damage, which shows the contents of the slide were effectively communicated to NASA engineers, but that leaders ignored them. Thus the slide was not a contributor.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271525/It-better-d...
Re:Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (...
by amenod on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @11:42AM
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Pretty bad title for a blog post that talks about misleading powerpoint presentations. Some readers might make conclusions from the title alone, instead of reading the whole text below.
Re:Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (...
by lostcolony on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @11:11AM
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Yep; this slide was worse than useless in that to the given audience it could instead read as an endorsement that launching is fine.