2½ reasons why (to me) Seth Godin’s wrong about how many words to put on your slide

Check out this startling quote by author Seth Godin:

“No more than six
words on a slide.
Ever.” – Seth Godin

(If you’d like to see the quote in context, it’s the 1^st item in the numbered list on page 7 of this PDF.)

Are you wondering where he got the magic number 6 from? I certainly am. (Sadly he doesn’t say. So Seth, if you ever happen to read this, I’d love to know why you chose the number 6.)

Apart from the seemingly arbitrary nature of Seth’s rule (which is the “½” reason mentioned in this post’s title), let’s focus on 2 types of helpful slide content that the rule would severely hamper:

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