Silly me, being the ignorant SOB that I am, I never realized that hypertextuality was studied, analyzed and pursued as early as the 60's, long before the internet was even thought of. I was really fascinated by the stories of Ted Nelson, the man who coined the term and pursued a "knowledge-management and information production system." I guess I also tend to forget that the computer was invented long before I was born and was merely beginning to become part of the new movement in technology that has affected everyone's lives today. I also tend to think that when the computer was actually fully released, they were far ahead in planning out what functions would the computer partake in the near future. I tend to forget that inventions like the internet take years of planning, development, and research before they can be fully realized. The internet did not pop up out of nowhere overnight, yet some ignorant morons such as myself easily tend to forget and take for granted that these kinds of ideas do not happen without the years of research by tons of people that want to see their works come to life. Simply just shows you how much I know.
I mean heck, I wouldn't be writing on this blog right now or finding research for my bijillion research projects due before the end of the semester, if it weren't for all the years of effort and planning that were taken to develop the internet. I guess we all owe our thanks to these brilliant minds.
Wow, that was completely off topic, but oh well.
It is kind of interesting to take a step back and realize that the computer illiterate generation that we have criticized for rejecting new technology are part of the same innovative group of people that made it all possible. I definitely take for granted just how far computers have come in the last 50 years, and how easy I have it thanks to these new technologies.
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