[Berners-Lee] is such an affable, avuncular narrator that I am almost tempted to believe him ... Berners-Lee’s decision to make the web public was characteristic; throughout his career, he has been a mensch ... Vastly less irritating than most books by tech boosters ... Berners-Lee’s proposed solutions, while promising, seem inadequate.
A cool breath of air in an overheated room ... Contains some very sharp thinking about what we need to do now ... The personality that comes through is charming, clever, self-effacing, interesting and thoughtful about his creation ... His recommendations for the 21st-century world wide web are also extremely clear and sensible.
A misnomer ... Only for those who are willing to struggle through 400 pages with no structure, no driving narrative, writing so bad it would shame ChatGPT, huge omissions and such naive optimism that by the end you want your money back ... Berners-Lee has an important message, though ... This should have been the core of his book ... But the worst sin of all is blind optimism ... Berners-Lee does have one good idea: social linked data (Solid), which is a digital wallet in which our private data is stored and over which we have control ... I hope he spends more time developing that and less time writing books.
