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drallison on July 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Links as originally imagined were a separate layer...

The author quotes: “Everyone here will of course say they are carrying on his work, by whatever twisted interpretation. I for one carry on his work by keeping the links outside the file, as he did.” – Ted Nelson, eulogizing Doug Engelbart.

This is a hint. People interested in this topic should study the work of Ted Nelson and Project Xanadu. Ted's visionary ideas permeate our thinking today.

AnimalMuppet on July 22, 2015 [–]

> Ted's visionary ideas permeate our thinking today.

Yes and no. A mutated version of them that turns out to work better, perhaps.

asadotzler on July 22, 2015 | [–]

And that's how most change happens. Radical ideas watered down and made palatable to larger audiences.

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