I think he is saying that the web was meant to be difficult to read. He is expressing nostalgia for a time when information gathering had exciting new possibil

I think he is saying that the web was meant to be difficult to read. He is expressing nostalgia for a time when information gathering had exciting new possibilities because of the internet was new, but before we over optimized the soul out of everything. It's a slippery slope, because certainly the page could be more readable, and most people would want that, but then what's the next improvement? Sidebar links to similar blogs you might like?