Hypertext Writing
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The Good
- context throught side by side content: marginalia
- always been the power of the written word
- here comes the Intenet with bidirectional links
- closer to out brain convolutedness
The Less Good
- link are distracting
- a flood of links is cumbersome on the eyes
- but they are great for note-taking and expanding on ideas
- for someone tryng to follow a logical thread the links get confusing quickly
- links are rabbitholes the reader might never emerge from
- Project Xanadu is cool and all but results in pretty but confusing lines
Dilution of Meaning
- links water down meaning
- in linking you are hiding behind someone else’sh writing