Category: Academia

Ted Nelson: pushing the boundaries of human knowledge in new ways

Ted Nelson: pushing the boundaries of human knowledge in new ways

Reading: “Computer Lib / Dream Machines” by Theodor H. Nelson. Self-published, 1974.  2nd ed., Redmond, Washington: Tempus Books/Microsoft Press, 1987.  Excerpt from the New Media Reader (available here). Nelson’s passionate and witty perspective of society’s adoption of technology kept hitting me in the face with bold (and sometimes biting) comments about the current directions of technology.  Add to […]

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