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Agree 100% -- I couldn't have said it better! In my professional life, I have often met consultant types with super vague technical ideas that (surprise!) they were secretly working on implementing. They woudn't release anything because they fear being criticized. The GUI was a big deal and still is to this day. Xerox PARC did change the world. Ted Nelson? Not so much...

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It's not about who did and who didn't change the world, but the fact that the people who did change the world are not above (some pretty ruthless) criticism.

Ted Nelson did change the world, actually, but by his evangelism, not by implementing.

There's a reason that he is famous, and it's not because his Xanadu project failed in many senses.

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