# Prefer linear work products but non-linear working environments

==TODO==

[[zSzTnYqKsHgyS8ExW92gUpU:::Hypertext]] is not actually appealing for long-form reading; narrative and linearity are too powerful: [[zEhGSbBPbgmh7Ce1VQS2RPk:::Narrative as cognitive scaffolding]]. But we don’t *think* linearly; our thinking environments must support non-linear working methods in generating linear work products.








Prefer linear work products but non-linear working environments

Release valves for non-linear thought may support improved linear output

Hypermedia

Hypertext books

# Hypertext

Text interconnected with other text by links. Term coined by [[zSYx6qqLStC6TVg4uDDNXAf:::Ted Nelson]]. The documents may themselves be interactive apart from the links. See also [[z8YSXfqKSx8KmFsJ1wCc7oo:::Hypermedia]].

Examples:

*   [[zDqGVfpruc2PHU1ffPG3epp:::Hypertext books]]
*   [[z5E5QawiXCMbtNtupvxeoEX:::Evergreen notes]]: [[zF8xCU4BwXwbmSyp7tmff9i:::Evergreen notes should be densely linked]]






