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# Long live hypertext!
- URL: https://werd.io/long-live-hypertext/
- Published: 2024-09-20T14:52:21.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-20T14:52:21.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: Technology, Notable links, #Import 2025-06-11 21:47

\[[Tracy Durnell](https://tracydurnell.com/2024/09/19/long-live-hypertext/)\]

> "Links — connections between ideas — are the magic system of the Internet. They power the open web, enriching online writing. Generative AI is the parasitic dark magic counterpart to the link."

I love Tracy's observation that "online, we think together", which also calls back to the original definition of the word *blog* ("weblog" = "we blog").

Links are context, further thought, community. Removing that context removes depth. They're inherent to the web: they're what the web *is*. When platforms want to strip-mine value from our work - our writing, our thinking - by lifting it away from its community and context, we need to fight back. And fight back we will.

[#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://tracydurnell.com/2024/09/19/long-live-hypertext/)\]