30. Literary Machines, Nelson, 1981

• Nelson believed that, eventually (and quite soon after the publication of the article), people would be reading and writing almost everything "from and to" and "world-spanning computer network" (precursor to the world wide web)
• This network would allow users to create their own documents and connect them to other public documents published on the network
• Storage capabilities would allow for users to visit any version of one document from multiple points in time in the network's history
• Xanadu:  the ultimate archive, combining "the benefits of anarchy with a strength derived from an initial, powerful central design"
• It would be a "vast free sharing of information" - a "digital library," a "new public commons"