This Is for Everyone

This Is for Everyone

The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
by Tim Berners-Lee
Technology & the Future 22 min read ★★★★½ 4.5 (27)
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About This Book

This Is for Everyone (2025) tells the inside story of how one man’s simple idea at CERN grew into the World Wide Web that now connects us all. From the first browser wars to the bigger debates over privacy, social media, and AI, it reveals how the web’s open spirit was both its greatest strength and its biggest vulnerability. It also looks to a better future – a web that lives up to its potential by empowering individuals and restoring trust.

Who Should Read This?

  • Tech enthusiasts curious in how the web came to be
  • Entrepreneurs interested in how bold ideas can grow into global movements
  • Everyday web users who are eager for a better online experience

About the Author

Tim Berners-Lee is the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN in 1989. He later founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at MIT, which has guided the web’s open standards for more than three decades. A lifelong advocate for online freedom and user privacy, he continues to push for a more ethical, decentralized web through projects like Solid and his company, Inrupt.