Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight

Retrospective on Project Xanadu’s success and failure: a lack of design iteration, meaningful use-cases, or practicality stopped a valuable vision from maturing into something useful. (And contrasted with my approach.)
115 points by andsoitis 48 days ago gwern.net 36 comments

Summary

Project Xanadu’s ambitious vision faced significant hurdles due to poor design iteration and a lack of practical applications. The retrospective highlights what went wrong and contrasts it with a more effective approach.

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