Jan 27 Daily

            In our world today, it is extremely easy for anyone to access any sort of information.  The internet has made this possible.  Hypertexts are “portals” to the certain bits of information and other web pages on the internet.  We can find whatever information we want to, whenever we want to, and however we want to.  I could use Google, a research database, or an online textbook.  It really does not matter.  There is also no specific order of the information on the internet.  It is just there for us to access.  There is so much information on historical events on the internet; however, like most things on the internet, it is not organized in any specific order.  No, I do not think that hypertexts will make us more accepting of the cyclical theory of history.  The cyclical theory of history states that the causes of the events of history are recurring, as are the events themselves.  In my opinion, the internet does not support this theory.  The internet and most things on it are scattered and are organized in no specific way.  Hypertexts do not organize things for us in the first place.  They simply take us to information that we request to have.  Even though the hypertext does not make us more accepting of cyclical history, I believe it does indeed help us to comprehend history and historical events.  Without hyperlinks and the internet, we would not have access to all of the information that is on the internet today.