sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer
of information technology
. He coined the terms "hypertext
" and "hypermedia
" in 1963 and published it in 1965. He also has been credited with first using the words transclusion
, virtuality
, intertwingularity
, and teledildonics
.
Nelson founded Project Xanadu
in 1960 with the goal of creating a computer network with a simple user interface. The effort is documented in his 1974 book Computer Lib / Dream Machines and the 1981 Literary Machines
.
You can and must understand computers now!
Everything is deeply intertwingled.
I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social workers, bricklayers) can bring things to a halt if their particular demands are not met. (Meanwhile, the irrelevance of each profession increases, in proportion to its increasing rigidity.) Such lucky groups demand more in each go-round - but meantime, the number who are permanently unemployed grows and grows.
If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.
Everybody has only a 24-hour day. Most people, if they increase consumption of one medium (like magazines or books) will cut down on another (like TV). This drastically reduces the sort of growth some people have been expecting.