Compressed text is precise and obscure. It evokes a hidden world of thought which apparently no longer needs to be reported. The 'Nettext is becoming concrete, while readers arrive at a level of abstraction not usually accessible. With all the exit signs that have been placed throughout the text, tourism in abstraction is easy to endure. Traditionally, writing involved storage on clay tablets, parchment, paper or hard disk.
Virtual writing means producing a language that only exists in the main memory.
On-line text turns the written word into an unstable medium. There is no Nobel prize for the best telephone conversation. All of your genius or love for humanity is lost forever once you hang up. What the Hittites, Aztecs, Mayans and other vanished cultures talked about will always remain a mystery to us. The written word causes single events.