This Is For Everyone (UK)

The story of our modern age, told through thisgroundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web

The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is adifferent kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and SteveJobs, Berners-Lee famously shared his invention, the World Wide Web, for nocommercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything transforminghumanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dreamand 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, whileunleashing a commercial race that today imperils democracies and polarizespublic debate. Filled with his characteristic optimism, technical insight andwry humour, this is a book about the power of technology both to fuel ourworst instincts and to profoundly shape our lives for the better.

As the rapid development of artificial intelligence heralds a new era ofinnovation, Berners-Lee is the perfect guide to the crucial decisions ahead and provides a gripping, in-the-room account of the rise of the online world.Peppered with rich anecdote and amusing reflections,This is ForEveryoneis an essential read for understanding our times, and a boldmanifesto for advancing humanity”s future.

About the Author

Sir Tim Berners-Leeinvented the World Wide Webin 1989 at CERN in Switzerland. Since then, through his work with the WorldWide Web Consortium (W3C), the Open Data Institute and the World Wide WebFoundation, he has been a tireless advocate for shared standards, open web accessfor all and the power of individuals on the web. A firm believer in thepositive power of technology, he was named inTimemagazineslist of the most important people of the twentieth century.