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Subject(s)

• World Wide Web—History [Browse]
• Computer scientists—Biography [Browse]
• World Wide Web—Social aspects [Browse]
• Internet—Social aspects [Browse]
• Technological innovations—Social aspects [Browse]
• World Wide Web [Browse]
• Berners-Lee, Tim [Browse]

Author

• Witt, Stephen [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Informational works [Browse]
• Anecdotes [Browse]

Summary note

• "A gripping account of the rise of the digital world and a crucial guide to the future of the Internet-from the inventor of the WorldWide Web"-- Provided by publisher.
• In this memoir, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, recounts the development and impact of his creation. The book explores the origins of the web, its transformative role in global communication and collaboration, and the challenges it now faces, including threats to privacy, truth, and public discourse. Combining personal narrative with reflections on technology and society, Berners-Lee offers insights into the future of digital life and advocates for a more ethical and inclusive web.
• "The inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision's promise--and how it can be redeemed for the future. Perhaps the most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of technologist. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, he famously distributed his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything--transforming humanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dream, quarrel, and connect. In this intimate memoir, Berners-Lee tells the story of his iconic invention, exploring how it launched a new era of creativity and collaboration while unleashing powerful forces that imperil truth and privacy and polarize public debate. With his trademark humor and candor, he recounts how he arrived at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, as a young engineer, and soon came up with the astonishing idea of adding hyperlinks to the then-nascent Internet. His goal was to unleash a wave of creativity and collaboration for the benefit of all--a goal he's pursued to this day. Peppered with rich anecdotes and amusing reflections, This Is for Everyone is a gripping, in-the-room account of the rise of the digital world. As the rapid development of artificial intelligence brings new risks and possibilities, Berners-Lee also offers a crucial guide to the decisions ahead--and shows how our digital lives can be reengineered for the sake of human flourishing rather than profit or for power." -- Dust jacket.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Prologue
• Early days
• CERN
• Ignition
• The rise of the Web
• Governing the Web
• The wave
• Growing pains
• Technology and society
• The mobile Web
• This is for everyone
• Open data
• Machine learning
• Design issues
• The Contract for the Web
• Inrupt
• Intelligent machines
• Attention vs. intention
• Signs of spring.

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Other title(s)

Unfinished story of the World Wide Web

ISBN

• 9780374612467 ((hardcover))
• 0374612463 ((hardcover))

OCLC

1531990265

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