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A gift to the world
- 01Aris invokes CERN’s founding convention: the results of its work must be made generally available. For him, this obligation is protection.
- 02He says the discovery cannot be hidden behind a state secret or a commercial monopoly. He needs the room to understand why he came here.
- 03He recalls the web: a protocol invented here and given away. A reporter’s pen begins to move faster.
- 04“I haven’t come here to announce a result. I’ve come to give it to you.” Once the finding spreads, it belongs to the world.