‘Down with Cybercrud!’
IDEA No 8
XANADU
In 1974, Theodor Nelson released a two-part book Computer Lib/Dream Machines. In it, he predicted the home-computer revolution and the World Wide Web.
Dream Machines explores the creative potential of networked computers and introduced the world to hypertext. Nelson calls his vision Xanadu, a multimedia docuverse of interconnected flying pages.
Computer Lib is a call to arms. With the rallying cry ‘Down with Cybercrud’ it demands that ordinary people rise up and claim computers for themselves. The second half of the book, Dream Machines, describes the unlimited potential of branching media and networked ...
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