Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
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- Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, creating HTML, HTTP, and URLs.
- Despite his monumental impact, Berners-Lee remains relatively unknown compared to tech entrepreneurs like Marc Andreessen.
- Berners-Lee refused to patent the web, advocating for its openness and equitable access.
- He founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to maintain web standards and prevent fragmentation.
- Berners-Lee's vision for the Semantic Web aimed to make data machine-readable but faced challenges in adoption.
- He launched the Solid Protocol and Inrupt to give users control over their data, countering platform monopolies.
- The web's early promise of democratization has been overshadowed by extractive platform power and misinformation.
- Berners-Lee remains optimistic about fixing the web's issues, including AI's role in data privacy and misinformation.