Weaving the Web

The story of the World Wide Web told by its creator. The most relevant thing is not the technology but Berners-Lee's insistence that there was no grand plan — only a problem to solve (sharing information between CERN researchers) and a spirit of openness. The web was not designed top-down; it was woven. Berners-Lee actively resisted centralising and privatising the protocol. Essential reading for the narrative thread that the deepest transformations often arise without a plan, driven by necessity and curiosity — and that keeping them open is itself a design choice.