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Ted Nelson in Herzog's "Lo and Behold"

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What it is

A short excerpt from Werner Herzog's film Lo and Behold in which Ted Nelson lays out his ideas about hypertext and interconnection. Herzog concludes that Nelson is the only sane person in computing.

Why Hacker News recommends 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.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I've grown to find this interview almost magical.”

    Ted Nelson's interview, incomprehensible at first but magical with historical context

    sarvind, 2019-10 · Strong recommendation · in “And 'Lo!': How the internet was born”

  2. “I believe it was this video where he shortly explained that concept;”

    Ted Nelson briefly explaining ZigZag structure for data

    azeirah, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: DeepUI Programming Studio – A different approach to programming”

  3. “Here is an interview in which Ted Nelson explains his vision to Werner Herzog”

    Ted Nelson explains his networking vision to Werner Herzog

    mixedbit, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “Xanadu”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ted nelson, xanadu, werner herzog, hypertext, lo and behold

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