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Real heroes of web revolution

The tech creators, or the ones who made billions?

Illustration: Ajay Mohanty
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Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

Ajit Balakrishnan
Just the other day, gazing from my home balcony at the distant hills of Raigad, I started wondering again about a question resounding in my head: Who are the true heroes who created the internet and web revolution, which has made life so much easier for humanity across all aspects of life? As usual I couldn’t get a clear answer, so I thought I’d check with my recently acquired pal, ChatGPT.
 
“Tim Berners Lee, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos …,” came the instant answer.
 
I was tempted to hurl on
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