The point of the essay is to change things.
A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences.
Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.
I am certainly not an intellectual relativist, nor a moral relativist.
Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.
PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation.