Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface.

One ape's hallucination is another ape's religious experience - it just depends on which one’s god module is overactive at the time.

Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. (Which just goes to show Nietzsche wasn't a C++ programmer.)

It's usually quite easy to shrug and write something else instead.

For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make the difference between trying to write a story around a cliche or an original idea, and better still, studying it can eventually clue you in on how to breathe new life into tired tropes.

I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s.

Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place.