Roughly paraphrasing ideas from @TheTedNelson
The early era of web display made a grave error in emphasis to emulate paper and 2D text interfacing, as opposed to more boundless systems like Xanadu.
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There are untold multitudes of similar examples to be found across all realms of computation. Giants standing atop giants, building ever higher without questioning fundamental assumptions held by giants at base.
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Will the next great idea be discovered via experimentation pulling surprise from nature or a thorough rereading of old(er) texts?
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Humble beginnings. The first of many antique books and texts consumed over the years. Found this by chance, early edition casually discarded at a book sale, while in high school. Went in for Sci-Fi, left with a new passion for authentically understanding ideas in timepic.twitter.com/RRrlFEBHl0
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