Observe: The background of the prezi was calming and it didn't distract from the text. There was a lot of dimension, the test was scattered. All the text was the same size and font. The prezi was easy to follow and they made it clear that there were different sections to the chapter by going back to the title in between sections.
Infer: A main point throughout the prezi was the idea of hypertext. One point about hypertext that was made is that there is too much information to follow in hypertext that you can stray away from your initial intention. Hypertext is a link that will lead you to a whole other thing and although links can be distracting or make you stray away from your original intentions, but the links can also help you in finding something else that is helpful or interesting that you might not have thought of.
Also another point is that you can choose that path that you want to follow, with a computer you can cater it to your needs.
Question:
1) Is to much information a bad thing; can there really be to much information?
2) Are the links a distraction or helpful?
3) Will our culture ever get rid of books?
4) Is hypertext in a sense an upgrade version of the book?
5) Are these advances in technology and in our ways of viewing text bad?
6) What do you think the next technological advance will be?
In response to your first question....I do not there can ever be too much information. There will always be someone that has a different opinion and that can contribute more knowledge to an idea. When looking for something very specific, this plethora of information can be tough to sift through. Hyperlinks are helping us sort the massive amount of information that is out there.
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