Ted Nelson conceives of the idea of the hypertext as an exercise in freedom. The hypertext can be interpreted as a symbol for…

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Ted Nelson conceives of the idea of the hypertext as an exercise in freedom. The hypertext can be interpreted as a symbol for general emancipation. According to Nelson, the production of a linear-hierarchical order is based on compulsion, on a ‘destructive process’.

Byung-Chul Han. 2022. Hyperculture: Culture and Globalization. Cambridge: Polity Press. 2005.