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Tim Berners-Lee

British inventor of the World Wide Web

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Invented the web at CERN and gave it away for free, and now campaigns for an open, decentralized internet with strong privacy and data protections.

Tim Berners-Lee sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly globalist on nation, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and strongly tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Tim Berners-Lee sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Tim Berners-Lee

Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19437%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)7%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 19458%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 19898%

Political views closest to Tim Berners-Lee

Basic income movementArgues that every citizen should receive a regular, unconditional payment to end poverty…98%Effective altruismUses evidence and reason to find the most effective ways of doing good, often favoring…98%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…97%ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.97%

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