What were Ted Nelson's thoughts and inventions and how did they inspire others?
Nelson created a computer network system called Xanadu. Through this, and armed with his lack of trust for hierarchy, he created the "hyperlink," which now allowed an opportunity for texts in a nonlinear fashion. With this, readers could now jump from one idea to the next when reading/looking at someone else's work. This soon gave rise to the exploration of "non-linear terrain" by people such as William S. Burroughs. Burroughs was interested in writing with spontaneity's and thought non-linear writing would open up an abstract realm. In general, Burroughs felt that reading was like going into a web filled with different ideas, etc. With the "cut-up," Burroughs thought it would be even easier for the writer to make connections to various things, and enlighten the reader.
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