Has anyone ever invented a dynamic self-hyperlinking type of text? Basically a text that is aware of words/phrases people are googling as they read, and adding the hyperlinks or parenthetical explanations as it gets more read. Like the social highlighting on kindle.
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Can also imagine other kinds of reconfiguration and evolution. If 90% of readers turn back 1 page on page 145 to 144, it means there’s a possible sequencing or reinforcement inefficiency there that could be fixed.
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Example: I don’t recognize character who suddenly plays an important role on page 145 so I have to go back and find page 48 where he first appeared. Book recognizes that and adds a couple of reinforcing mentions in between so his sudden importance on page 145 is not disorienting.
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Somewhere between hypothesis annotations and medium highlights?
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I have worked on this idea. It’s an old idea. I lovingly refer to it as the quantumlink rather the hyperlink. I’d be happy to chat about it.
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This is related to the "paving the cowpaths". Very nice idea. However, the UX needs to be developed delicately so it doesn't corrupt the reading experience itself.
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Sounds like you're asking for the crowdsourced meta-internet I've been thinking about inventing.
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