“When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. The internet must remain a permissionless space for creativity, innovation and free expression.”
Why Tim is the canonical The Lobbyist
Inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the W3C, Berners-Lee spent decades shaping the open standards and policy norms — interoperability, net neutrality, universality — that govern how the web works. As the web's chief steward and advocate, he is the canonical figure who sets the rules of the cycle in the public interest.
The The Lobbyist works at the intersection of technology and government. See the role on the 23-role map →
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