Computer Lib/Dream Machines
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Computer Lib/Dream Machines
Ted Nelson
6 people recommended it in 6 threads, 2009–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
Along with advocacy ("You can and must understand computers now!") it is also an opinionated survey of the computing world right before the personal computer appeared.
"Computer Lib/Dream Machines" Theodor Nelson - a vision of a better computing future that sticks with me.
Amazing book that introduced the word "hypertext" among other things. I read it in high school and it was one of the influences making me still a computer geek N years later.
Where it comes up
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