Ted Nelson in Herzog's "Lo and Behold"

Why HN readers recommended it

HN shares it as an accessible window into Ted Nelson's vision of Xanadu and linking, which commenters say gains meaning with historical context.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TheTedNelson

Topic

ted nelson and hypertext

Format

interview

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I suspect this comment is aimed at segments like this one with Ted Nelson of Hypertext fame: [VIDEO] On first viewing, I too felt it was incomprehensible wordsoup in some sense - but upon learning more about Nelson and the history and context around which …

• There's someone who definitely spent a lot of time on this, definitely check out Ted Nelson's ZigZag structure: [LINK] It is exactly that, an attempt to structure data in a similar way that our thoughts are formed. I believe it was this video where he …

• Here is an interview in which Ted Nelson explains his vision to Werner Herzog: [VIDEO] The interview is included in 'Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World' documentary. The whole documentary is rather critical of the impact the Internet revolution had on our society, …