I’ve highlighted the part that interests me.
The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to make an easy but powerful global information system.
The project started with the philosophy that much academic information should be freely available to anyone. It aims to allow information sharing within internationally dispersed teams, and the dissemination of information by support groups.
— Tim Berners-Lee
The World Wide Web was designed for people, academics, who steadfastly refused to use it for 20+ years. That would be like 19th century Cornish miners spending much of their time bailing water from mines with buckets while the rest of the world rode around on steam trains.