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Language's Unifying Power and Limitations
- Standard languages unify people but may not reflect everyone's experience.
- The web, like countries, faces challenges in imposing a standard language.
Vannevar Bush's Memex
- Vannevar Bush envisioned the 'memex,' a machine linking information like an academic mind.
- This concept, predating the web, was an extension of human memory and thought.
Early Hypertext Systems
- Engelbart built the first hypertext system, inspired by Bush's memex.
- Ted Nelson's hypertext vision was free-form, with two-way links.