Linking has a rich history as a way of connecting, building, and sharing—creating the hive mind of all human knowledge. Adam and Mark talk about the origins of hyperlinks, the untitled boards problem, and measuring importance by citation or backlink count. And Julia joins to talk about the technical implementation of Muse’s linked cards.

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Show notes

• Linked cards
• Muse for Teams
• Citations, symlinks, Wiki backlinks
• content addressable
• Ted Nelson, coined the term “hyperlink”
• Knowledge graphs
• Roam, Notion, Obsidian, Logseq
• Branching factor
• Transclusion and excerpting in Muse
• Splunk, grep command in Unix