Premiered May 2017
A 33-year-old computer programmer named Tim Berners-Lee changed the world forever when he invented the World Wide Web in 1989. His visionary decision to make it a free and accessible resource sparked a global revolution in how we communicate and participate in public life. After 25 years outside the spotlight, Sir Tim Berners-Lee emerges to tell his story for the first time.
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The son of mathematicians, Sir Tim Berners-Lee was encouraged to use his imagination.
Before the Web computers could not communicate with each other. Each was a closed system.
For Sir Tim Berners-Lee net neutrality is vital to the existence of the World Wide Web.
From the beginning the Web was designed to be a free and open system for anyone to use.
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