Ted Nelson presents a working prototype version of Xanadu

Another interesting thing to view is the recently published video of his talk at Vintage Computer Festival East XI (1).

The idea of text being treated as paper makes perfect sense to me. Unfortunately, it can be incredibly messy to explain the concept to others. My best current analogy is citations linking paper to paper all at once. Without more software, or a better analogy, it's difficult to preach the merits to others.

I think this is a step in the right direction.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcfwLhDDMz4