The Unfinished Revolution and Xanadu Theodor Holm Nelson Project Xanadu* Web: http://xanadu.com/and Keio University Web: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ Web: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/ * "Xanadu" is a registered trademark; "xanalogical structure" is intended as a related generic (non-trademark) for general use. presented at Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution A Symposium at Stanford University December 9, 1998 Ted's Presentation I love and hate paper. I have more of it than anyone I know. Stanford University has asked for it. They don't know what they are getting into. But, since childhood I've been outraged by the imprisonment implicit in paper. Having to write to length because there isn't enough paper in the magazine or book. Having to truncate lines of throught because they have just banged their nose on the right margin of the page. Having to stick to the subject, which of course always means sticking to the subject as someone else sees it. I believe that there are no subjects, actually, in the popular sense, because the word subject in the popular sense suggests sharp lines of demarkation, which is precisely what the mind should not be restricted to. A little on background. I'll try to be quick, the mandatory story, because I'm not an
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