Ted Nelson in Herzog's "Lo and Behold"

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sarvind · 2019-10 · Strong recommendation

I suspect this comment is aimed at segments like this one with Ted Nelson of Hypertext fame: [VIDEO] On first viewing, I too felt it was incomprehensible wordsoup in some sense - but upon learning more about Nelson and the history and context around which his ideas were developed, I've grown to find this interview almost magical.

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mixedbit · 2017-09 · Recommendation

Here is an interview in which Ted Nelson explains his vision to Werner Herzog: [VIDEO] The interview is included in 'Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World' documentary. The whole documentary is rather critical of the impact the Internet revolution had on our society, but Herzog seemed to really admire Ted Nelson's alternative vision for the global network.

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azeirah · 2017-02 · Recommendation

There's someone who definitely spent a lot of time on this, definitely check out Ted Nelson's ZigZag structure: [LINK] It is exactly that, an attempt to structure data in a similar way that our thoughts are formed. I believe it was this video where he shortly explained that concept; [VIDEO] Although it might be a different video since Ted Nelson is all over the place with his documents and videos.

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