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> Everything on the web prefixed with the word "hyper" is his invention He coined the terms, but didn't invent the concepts. Memex was much more important in t
by kabes 7y ago
> Everything on the web prefixed with the word "hyper" is his invention
He coined the terms, but didn't invent the concepts. Memex was much more important in that regard.
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- 8bitsrule 7y agoThis article muses about how much debt Bush may have owed Paul Otlet ... who'd been working along similar lines since 1895. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/in-search-of-the-proto-memex/371385/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/in-se...
- kabes 7y agoYes, as a Belgian myself I'm aware of his work, but it was the work of Bush that directly inspired Ted, Douglas etc. Of course Bush's work builds on top of others as I'm sure Otlet will also have had his predecessors.