George Kumar, Senior Director of Medical Diagnostics, Pan Tumor and GI Cancers at AstraZeneca, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“The Visionary Who Gave Us the Web
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, changed the course of humanity – yet gave away his creation freely, with no commercial reward. His vision was simple but profound: to unleash global creativity, connection, and collaboration.
In his new memoir This Is for Everyone, Berners-Lee reflects on:
- How a young engineer at CERN imagined hyperlinks that transformed the Internet into the Web.
- The promise of a digital age that empowered people everywhere to live, work, and dream online.
- The unintended consequences—threats to privacy, truth, and trust—that now shape our digital lives.
- Why the choices we make today, especially in the age of AI, will determine whether the web fuels human flourishing or becomes a tool of profit and power.
Rich with anecdotes and candid reflections, this is both a gripping origin story and a timely call to reimagine the digital future.
A reminder that the technologies we build must serve humanity—not the other way around.
Figure Courtesy: Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.”
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