In argumentative writing the reader deals with a product or end result of a reasoning process, whereas in hypermedia the process replaces the product--the user works directly with the topics, having access to all the commonplaces stored there....Argument provided one path and suppressed everything else. In hypermedia the composer constructs an information environment, and the user chooses the path or line through the place provided. (Ulmer 38)

Maps are, in some senses, conclusions. Does concluding betray the electronic medium itself?