3 ms·
While the host - Max Allen - is certainly a bit obtuse and doesn't share the same technical insights & visions of Ted Nelson (hardly surprising given they had
by Jedd 8y ago
While the host - Max Allen - is certainly a bit obtuse and doesn't share the same technical insights & visions of Ted Nelson (hardly surprising given they had significantly different experience and careers) he's respectful of his guest (doesn't interrupt or talk over), concedes various points willingly, appears to genuinely want to understand, and actually enjoys the discussion.
The nostalgia sensation isn't just around Ted's prescience.
- EGreg 8y agoThat’s how interviews used to be. FOX News pioneered the interview where the interviewer spends most of the time talking, asking leading questions to the respected person they invited, then cutting them off, shouting them down and attacking them for being socialist or whatever. And on to the next. It’s more like watching gladiator fights than really learning people’s answers to questions.
- andyidsinga 8y agoI really appreciate that too - the interview / discussion is very interesting; draws a lot of good stuff out of Ted Nelson.
- taberiand 8y agoHis viewpoint is also rather reasonable considering the context of the interview, at the dawn of the information age. It's a little depressing however that it's not uncommon to still encounter that point of view today.