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This is really hard to follow.. It gives off some TempleOS vibes.. I agree in principle the WWW has some significant shortcomings and there could be some better

This is really hard to follow.. It gives off some TempleOS vibes.. I agree in principle the WWW has some significant shortcomings and there could be some better way to think about it. It will require some outside the box thinking but this is really hard to follow cognitively. > What Xanadu has that others don't: > When responding to any argument (for or against something), you will be able to comment on each and every relevant sentence. The document you are commenting on will automatically link to your analysis. Whether readers of the document see your comments or not is up to them. They will have filtering tools to include or exclude whoever they want. That is their decision to make. Thus every possible viewpoint can be heard and can cross-comment on each other as much as desired. This could be an extension of Twitters behavior, to link your analysis directly into other peoples document.. And we all know what great social collaboration happens on Twitter ..

cess11 2y ago
Ted Nelson has a vibe kind of like that. I still like some of his rants and speeches, and he has been quite important in the history of computers, but some of it is plain insufferable. Though not as explicitly offensive and deranged as Terry Davis was sometimes. https://www.youtube.com/@TheTedNelson https://www.youtube.com/@TheTedNelson
aethertron 2y ago
Ted Nelson's critiques are good. Tech/Culture needs critics. Ted also tried being a culture-tech builder, and Xanadu just didn't work out. Despite several attempts, lots of resources spent... Its ideas probably influenced Twitter. Because they were good ideas. Could've been independently discovered in the Platonic space of ideal tech-powered media too... Yes, great social collaboration happens on Twitter. A bunch of inane squabbling and criminal threats too.
mistermann 2y ago
> This could be an extension of Twitters behavior, to link your analysis directly into other peoples document.. And we all know what great social collaboration happens on Twitter .. Surely you're not going to leave us hanging like this, are you? What will happen with a Project Xanadu?

cess11 2y ago

Ted Nelson has a vibe kind of like that. I still like some of his rants and speeches, and he has been quite important in the history of computers, but some of it is plain insufferable. Though not as explicitly offensive and deranged as Terry Davis was sometimes. https://www.youtube.com/@TheTedNelson https://www.youtube.com/@TheTedNelson

aethertron 2y ago

Ted Nelson's critiques are good. Tech/Culture needs critics. Ted also tried being a culture-tech builder, and Xanadu just didn't work out. Despite several attempts, lots of resources spent... Its ideas probably influenced Twitter. Because they were good ideas. Could've been independently discovered in the Platonic space of ideal tech-powered media too... Yes, great social collaboration happens on Twitter. A bunch of inane squabbling and criminal threats too.

mistermann 2y ago

> This could be an extension of Twitters behavior, to link your analysis directly into other peoples document.. And we all know what great social collaboration happens on Twitter .. Surely you're not going to leave us hanging like this, are you? What will happen with a Project Xanadu?