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“It’s dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control,” General McMaster said in a telephone interview afterward. “Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.”

The Pentagon on the danger of Powerpoint. The comment was made in reference to this image, shown to Stanley McChrystal in an effort to clarify the challenges faced by the US Army in Afghanistan:

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Hat Tip: The New York Times