https://youtu.be/Bqx6li5dbEY?si=wO7lmNCkCIT33JI_ This short clip from Ted Nelson in Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World is less about technology and more about a philosophy of connection. Nelson reflects on the core insight that has guided his life's work: reality is not made of isolated things but of relationships, connections, and ever-changing patterns. The central...

In 1969, IBM wanted to show off Ted Nelson's early hypertext system at a conference, and Nelson secured permission to demonstrate it using an unlikely text: Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel _Pale Fire_ , which consists of a 999-line poem buried under the deranged commentary of its self-appointed editor, Charles Kinbote. — Read the rest

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