Dream Machines, why hypertext is awesome

Dream machines
In Theodore Nelson’s dream machine, I found it very amusing how he hated the whole concept of learning. It is intriguing that Nelson was the one that introduce hypertext, and how it can be used simplifying learning and enhance development. On page 312 of the New Media reader, the diagram of the brick wall and how it represents the teachers and the computer. While hypermedia, can directly get to the students. Taking the prefix, hyper-, it means above and beyond. So Nelson wanted unlimited resources and information that are not affixed to the minimum textbook that teachers are using to teach students. Hypertext/media has made it easier to navigate to what one is searching for because it is not in a linear way but in a web connecting to many different relations.
First, what is a hypertext? It is complicated to describe, but we all seem to know it when we see it."A hypertext system is one in which links may be specified between different places in the text." – John Lavagnino. Books offer a primitive sort of linking process because in that notes in the text may refer to footnotes, which may refer the reader to further texts like maybe five to ten books. For a computer system which is what we are interested in, takes the user straight to the material, or, if you prefer, brings the linked material to the reader.

A second major positive of a hypertext system is that the universe of the hypertext is infinitely expandable and unlike printed text that is limited, one can find many answers and obtain more. So why shouldn’t we use hypertext and get data all at once and in different forms whether it is in video, media, textual, and so forth.

To some a hypertext is not simply a fancy version of a print document, but is a document of a different order, where the opportunities offered by the medium are fully considered and explored. This is what Nelson was trying to argue that hypertext was a revolutionary way to search and achieve. It created the ease of research and learning with a click of a button and that with it come hyper- or infinite knowledge.