Tim Berners-Lee Warns the Web Is Losing Its Soul
When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, he did not imagine it as a battlefield. His vision was disarmingly simple and radically idealistic: a universal, open system that anyone could use, anyone could build upon, and no one could own. It was meant to be a shared digital commons—free, decentralised, and designed to serve humanity rather than control it. Nearly four decades later, the web is everywhere, used daily by more than 5.5 billion people. It powers global commerce, communication, education, entertainment, and politics. Yet, in Berners-Lee’s own words, it has been “optimised for nastiness.” What … Read more