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Computers should help us with **organizing our lives**, rather |
Computers should help us with **organizing our lives**, rather |
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than making them more difficult. We need |
than making them more difficult. We need |
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a system **structured** around **items** -- |
a system **structured** around **items** -- |
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**things that we care about**, such as people, arguments and ideas |
**things that we care about**, such as people, arguments and ideas -- |
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(rather than |
rather than directories and files. |
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directories and files). |
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Based on Ted Nelson's ideas, |
Based on Ted Nelson's ideas, |
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we describe the desgign of a computing environment based on a **hyperstructure**, |
we describe the desgign of a computing environment based on a **hyperstructure**, |
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and so on. |
and so on. |
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We need a system |
We need a system |
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in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things |
in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things |
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that can be connected to each other; we propose, |
that can be connected to each other; a system, |
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in technical terms, a hypermedia system in which items |
in technical terms, a hypermedia system in which items |
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are first-class objects [#can-use-structcomp]_. |
are first-class objects [#can-use-structcomp]_. |
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