Xanadu Was Waiting for Agents
Summary
The blog post revisits Ted Nelson's Xanadu and its docuverse concept, arguing that agents and DeltaDB bring Xanadu's ideas into reach. It explains why Xanadu stalled decades ago due to missing components, and shows how modern building blocks like Lamport timestamps, Merkle trees, CRDTs, and Git-like versioning enable a live, provenance-rich editing experience. The piece envisions a future where documents are permanent, linked fragments in a versioned system, navigable by agents that cite across history to support collaboration.