Helpful writings that are Not Helpful

These are the curse of our times because the Computer has made so many of them. And many of them are about the Computer itself, how to understand the thing. 

I just got the Beginner’s guide to Task Manager. And it is doing its best to confuse me. 

I have to ask myself "Why not tell the truth, how it actually works?" 

Bur from my years working as a Tech Writer, I know the answer - they do not want the User to know the Truth. That would give him too much power, that he would use against my employer. 

The User must be kept Helpless.