This Is for Everyone

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web

The groundbreaking memoir from Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and one of the most influential visionaries of our time. This Is for Everyone is the story of how the digital age was born—and where it may be heading next.

Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee took a radically different path. When he created the World Wide Web, he chose to give it freely to the world, refusing patents or profit. That single decision transformed humanity into the first truly digital species, reshaping how we live, work, learn, communicate, and imagine the future.

In this intimate and revealing memoir, Berners-Lee recounts the creation of the web from the inside, tracing its early promise of openness, creativity, and collaboration, alongside the unintended consequences that followed—commercial domination, misinformation, polarization, and threats to democracy. As artificial intelligence accelerates change at an unprecedented pace, he offers clear-eyed insights into the critical choices society must now make.

Written with optimism, technical brilliance, and wry humour, this book explores the power of technology to both divide and uplift. This Is for Everyone is part memoir, part modern history, and part manifesto—an essential guide to understanding the digital world we inhabit and how we can shape a more humane future.

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