> A far more insidious problem nowadays in terms of imposed structure is the habit people have of making a list (as the OP does) as if this is a substitute from properly structuring their thoughts - to me that's a cop-out and not far above no structure at all.
Good point. I agree with it so much that a while back I made a Chrome extension just to dramatize it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/buzzfeed-delistica...
People don't realize how much Web content is plodding, soggy "listicles" these days until you make it visually obvious.