Available on the Internet Archive, this somewhat trippy, and for sure visionary documentary on hypertext from thirty years ago still keeps to inspire; what with Vannevar Bush, Ted Nelson and all those other pioneers in it.
September 2021
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This piece is actually relevant in so many ways; not only does it reverse the logic all of today’s media appears to be built upon, but it generally provokes to reconsider the assumed infinity of resources in this world (here: attention of human beings).
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Every “sharing” interaction in a digital system has externalities – costs to somebody not involved in the transaction themselves: whenever an individual shares a resource or information about themselves, they are likely also sharing something that isn’t theirs.
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Using surveillance-based services out of a (perceived or real) position of privilege contributes to normalizing systematic surveillance on a societal level.