It's more about making a concession to the changed environment. The engineer-philosopher does not per se have to take these developments any further either, but he should at least think about them. We should at the very least realize what happens when knowledge is transferred and stored through media. And texts can be doctored, too. This goes beyond the use of a free, associative writing style in order to unlock hidden stories.
Electronic media alter the structure of thinking itself.
So the introduction of hypertext could have exciting consequences. This active aspect of knowledge production has brought about a great change in authorship. Until recently an author was someone who wrote books and gave readings. Interactive knowledge production via networks has so many consequences for authorship that philosophy and literary studies can't fully survey it yet. They do not intend this adventure in programming as a bonus digital contribution only accessible to the technically literate.