Paul Otlet's Mundaneum anticipated the internet [video]

For those that would like to learn about its significance in context I recommend this talk: “Alex Wright - The Web That Wasn't: Forgotten Forebears of the Internet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6rwMw0EjI&t=823s

I happen to be very interested in Hypertext, but it was only in 2016 when I actually learned about Douglas Engelbart and Ted Nelson. I thought I knew about them, having found some mentions of them, but that time I did listen to them for the first time in recorded interviews, I read for the first time their writings, not what someone wrote about them, and realized how much I did not know until then.

Once I realized that, I started looking for more information and some time later I learned about Paul Otlet from Alex Wright, but all that took a while.

This video by "The Tim Traveller” is, as the channel name implies, primarily a travel video and it is a pleasure to watch if you already know about Paul Otlet. But if not, what stands out is things like confusing The Internet with The World Wide Web, things that someone like me would just ignore while enjoying the good bits.

http://traite.czam.de/en/latest/otlet_traite_1934_FR.html

Those who attempt first, generate knowledge that we build on. Would the Wright Bros be anywhere without the bravado of earlier failed pioneers?

In fact, Wilbur flew first that day then failed, so then Orville went and that's the flight we remember. And they might not have gotten there at all without inspiration from the childhood helicopter toys of Pénaud, who I'm not sure tried to fly himself but it wasn't long after that a bicycle maker tried.