It was very clear while reading this article that the author has a strong opinion about books and hypertext. I cannot say that I agree that hypertext is a bad idea because to me it is very convenient. While I do believe more people will begin to use hypertext as a main source, I do not believe that books will ever become outdated or extinct. People always like to have a physical copy of things because the same document from hypertext may not be available several years later. Whereas books are published and there at your possession as long as you keep them.
It was really interesting to me that the author had written this article in 1992. On one hand I do believe some of his predictions about books and hypertexts were practical, but on the other, I do not think he really took into consideration how much of an advantage the technology would bring. It kind of seemed to me that the author shot down the idea of hypertext without being able to even give it a try.
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