Chapter Summaries of Geeks Bearing Gifts by Ted Nelson
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Many tekkies think all structure is hierarchical, and have arranged not to see any other kinds.
people are told that organizing hierarchically is "thinking logically", though it means cutting many connections and associations to select a few. Many technical people believe this is correct and necessary. However, essayists work differently.
The universe officially begins on Jan 1, 1970 (when Unix time kicks off-- now the official timing system of most of the computer world.)
The PARC guys are first to have bit-mapped screens with pretty fonts, which electrifies all the visitors. They dismiss the Engelbart and Xanadu notions of connection and instead go after appearance.