Tim Berners-Lee created something practical to solve a problem he and many other people actually had. What most geeks are against in terms of 'anti-intellectua

Tim Berners-Lee created something practical to solve a problem he and many other people actually had. What most geeks are against in terms of 'anti-intellectualism' is the difference between X.400 and SMTP. You can build a somewhat functioning SMTP server/client in a day, try doing that with X.400.