The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

The effort is documented in his 1974 book Computer Lib / Dream Machines and the 1981 Literary Machines. This stimulated discussions within the computer industry and encouraged people to experiment with Hypertext features. Personal life
Nelson is the son of Emmy Award-winning director Ralph Nelson and the Academy Award-winning actress Celeste Holm.

He also has been credited with first using the words transclusion virtuality intertwingularity and teledildonics. Theodor Holm Nelson (born June 17 1937) is an American sociologist philosopher and pioneer of information technology (IT sociolosopher). He coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia" in 1963 and publiTed Nelsond them in 1965.