"He created HTML, the standard language for creating and structuring web pages, and the HTTP protocol that allows those pages to communicate using browsers and servers. It doesn't really get more foundational than that - Tim was there at the very, very beginning of the modern internet. But right now, in a lot of ways, it feels like maybe we're sitting at the end of that grand, world-changing project."
"Now, Tim is not exactly a pessimist - you'll hear in our conversation that he still has a lot of optimism about the web and what it can do. But he's also concerned that we've strayed too far from his original vision of the web as a democratizing force for knowledge and creativity. All of that plays a major thematic role in his new memoir, This is For Everyone, which is about the growth"
Tim Berners-Lee invented HTML and HTTP, establishing the technical foundations of the modern web and enabling browser-server communication. He warns that concentrated platform power and social media harms have eroded the web's original democratizing potential. He remains optimistic that decentralization, open standards, and user control of data can restore agency and creativity online. He works on technologies and initiatives, notably Inrupt and the Solid standard, to give individuals control over personal data. He champions the Semantic Web to make data machine-readable and interoperable, and sees responsible AI integration as crucial to a healthier, more distributed web.
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