Isn't it great that we can hop from subject to subject, site to site and forum to video on just a whim? It is so simple to find connections among all of the things that you want to learn. Is it too much information available all at once? Of course it is, but that's the beauty of it. I've never had my brain fried by clicking on link after link, and neither has anyone else I know.
It is true that everything being hyper-linked to everything else can create an endlessly scattered path of knowledge, but is it really any different than being in library? All those books have so much information and many of books could reference each other; the only thing stopping you from getting up and reading those references is all that work of standing up and looking for it. With hyperlinks, it's right there. That is what Weinberger believed was the cause and he is right about that, but it is not a problem at all.
I like to think of the human brain as a set of hyperlinks. There are tons of neurons leading to other related neurons. Our brain handles all of that information quite well without burning out. Sometimes people go crazy, but that's besides the point. Our brains work pretty good and so do hyperlinks.
You wouldn't want to think your brain is making you crazy would you?
Hyperlinks are cool and hip. They are a party that never ends.
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