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would put [anchor](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a)
(not to be confused with the [link
element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/link)) at the
top of the list. Because an Internet that was stripped down to just plain text
and links, hypertext in its purest form, would still be tremendously useful and
interesting.
top of the list. Because if we stripped the Internet down to just plain text
and links, hypertext in its purest form, it would still be tremendously useful
and interesting.

While `html`, `head`, and `body` provide structure, they aren't necessary. If
you don't provide them, a browser will still render text with links. And even
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almost feels like cheating. With a simple link, you can nudge someone towards an
unfathomably deep [rabbit
hole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_the_rabbit_hole). You've already
encountered multiple links in this post. Have you opened any in separate tabs?
Have you then opened any of their own links?
encountered multiple links in this post. Have you opened any? Maybe in separate
tabs to read afterwards? Have you opened any further links from the linked
pages?

That experience is what makes me appreciate good links as much as the immediate
content of a website, like a witty phrase or an interesting insight. But a link
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helpful.

In my blog posts, I link most proper nouns, at least the first time that they
appear. And I try to make the links as useful as possible. I tend to use
appear. I think about what target would be most useful. I tend to use
[Wikipedia](https://www.wikipedia.org/) articles, since Wikipedia provides great
overviews, and I also trust Wikipedia links to not suffer from [link
rot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot).
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[referred](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/derivativestimebomb.asp) to them
as "financial weapons of mass destruction," a metaphor that became particularly
relevant when the [2007-2008 financial
crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis) hit.
crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis) hit
([Selena Gomez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena_Gomez) and [Richard
Thaler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Thaler) provide a [fun, brief
explanation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxr_FzpPM2Q) in [The Big
Short](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Short_(film))).

While a bad link isn't as terrible as a crashing program or an economic
meltdown, I still try to make my link curation as good as possible [for the sake
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