Extract from: Nelson, Theodor Holm. Literary Machines 91.1: The Report On, and Of, Project Xanadu Concerning Word Processing, Electronic Publishing, Hypertext, Thinkertoys, Tomorrow’s Intellectual Revolution, And Certain Other Topics Including Knowledge, Education and Freedom. Sausalito: Mindful Press, 1992. Print.

Wow . . . was that one confusing; not sure if it was because I’m only half awake and been staring at the screen too long.

This first reading is a type of history lesson I guess. The whole talk about networks and unifying information and all did pass over my head a bit except for the fact that they were talking about hyperlinks or something to bring it all together. To be honest, when I was reading it I was mostly thinking about how this could make for a great sequel to Pirates of the Silicon Valley.

I found his outlook on the future quite interesting. There were desserts and the collapsing of civilisations, a very apocalyptic out look on the year 2020 but the night in shining armour, our saviour will be computers. Computers will protect the intellect of humankind. Although I admit that his predictions for the future in regards to computers were extremely accurate, that computers will evolve and help mankind, his predictions on the rest of the happenings of the world are somewhat further from the truth, he should stick to computer talk. His outlook on computer technology is very positive, obviously the Matrix and i-robot and the likes were before his time.