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Will a "hypertext" world make us more accepting of cyclic history?

A hypertext is a text shown on a computer or other electronic device that links to another website, image, video, audio, or text. It is an easy way to share information over the internet. In a hypertext world, it would help us adjust to the theory of cyclic history by making it easier to accept the fact that some things go in a cycle while others go in a certain order from beginning to end. The theory of cyclic history consists of the belief that history repeats itself like in a cycle. It is mostly supported by politics, recession, and the stock market which all somehow repeat themselves over time. A hypertext can lead you to another site but you can also go back to the site that you were first on like making a U-turn while driving. This is not exactly making a full cycle but it has the same concept of repeating itself. However, a hypertext can also lead you to more sites. These sites are different and will probably not lead you to the same site you were first on. But you can always go back in your internet history and find the first site you were on or click on the back button on the webpage. This proves that sometimes you can repeat things even though it doesn’t happen in a cycle linking one thing to the next and back around again. A hypertext is helping us to adjust to the cyclic theory of history and become more accepting to the fact that some things do repeat themselves.