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The Curse of Xanadu

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  • Jun 1, 1995
  • #Technology
Gary Wolf
@GaryWolf
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www.wired.com
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It was the most radical computer dream of the hacker era. Ted Nelson's Xanadu project was supposed to be the universal, democratic hypertext library that would help human life evolv... Show More

It was the most radical computer dream of the hacker era. Ted Nelson's Xanadu project was supposed to be the universal, democratic hypertext library that would help human life evolve into an entirely new form.

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Jason Crawford @JasonCrawford · Aug 7, 2022
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One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in @WIRED in 1995. On the surface, it’s a piece of tech history, a story of a dramatic failure. But look closer, and you can find deep philosophical insight
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