In 1974, troublemaker Ted Nelson unleashed Computer Lib/Dream Machines as part manifesto, part blueprint—long before the web he was riffing on hypertext, railing against jargon and closed systems, and championing user freedom and creativity.
This talk dives into Nelson’s vision for an open, decentralized digital world—where knowledge flows freely and people stay in control—and asks what our internet might look like if we’d followed his path instead of letting Big Tech build walled gardens and algorithmic prisons.
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