Intertwingularity is a term coined by Ted Nelson to express the complexity of interrelations in human knowledge. Theodor Holm Nelson (born 1937 is an American Sociologist, Philosopher, and pioneer of Information technology. Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding
Nelson wrote in Computer Lib/Dream Machines (Nelson 1974, p. DM45):
- EVERYTHING IS DEEPLY INTERTWINGLED. In an important sense there are no "subjects" at all; there is only all knowledge, since the cross-connections among the myriad topics of this world simply cannot be divided up neatly.
and added the following comment in the revised edition (Nelson 1987, p. DM31):
- Hierarchical and sequential structures, especially popular since Gutenberg, are usually forced and artificial. Intertwingularity is not generally acknowledged—people keep pretending they can make things hierarchical, categorizable and sequential when they can't.
References
- Nelson, Theodor (1974), Computer Lib: You can and must understand computers now/Dream Machines: New freedoms through computer screens—a minority report (1st ed. Theodor Holm Nelson (born 1937 is an American Sociologist, Philosopher, and pioneer of Information technology. ), South Bend, IN: the distributors, ISBN 0-89347-002-3
- Nelson, Theodor (1987), Computer Lib/Dream Machines (Rev. Theodor Holm Nelson (born 1937 is an American Sociologist, Philosopher, and pioneer of Information technology. ed. ), Redmond, WA: Tempus Books of Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-914845-49-7
External links
- blue sky: miscellaneous by Jamie Zawinski
- [1] - Sam Ruby's blog named for this concept
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