I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose. Tim Berners-Lee More Quotes by Tim Berners-Lee More Quotes From Tim Berners-Lee The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine. Tim Berners-Lee ablegoalhumanity The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee disabilityaspectessentials The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people. Tim Berners-Lee machinesdoepeople Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make. Tim Berners-Lee serendipityinnovationpeople The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy. Tim Berners-Lee toysworking-togetherpeople The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past. Tim Berners-Lee biggertechnologypast We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges. Tim Berners-Lee diversitychallengesneeds When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA. Tim Berners-Lee net-neutralityusapeople It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live. Tim Berners-Lee freedompoliticalmean Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves. Tim Berners-Lee data-sciencedatalasts Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it's all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well. Tim Berners-Lee grandparentgrandchildrenjobs I invented the web just because I needed it really because it was so frustrating that it didn't exit. Tim Berners-Lee frustratingexitinternet The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies. We develop trust across the miles and distrust around the corner. Tim Berners-Lee technologysciencepeople To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things. Tim Berners-Lee creativeusedoe You affect the world by what you browse. Tim Berners-Lee old-technologytechnologyworld If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other. Tim Berners-Lee differentwantculture There are billions of neurons in our brains, but what are neurons? Just cells. The brain has no knowledge until connections are made between neurons. All that we know, all that we are, comes from the way our neurons are connected. Tim Berners-Lee connectionscellsbrain We need to look at the whole society and think, "Are we actually thinking about what we're doing as we go forward, and are we preserving the really important values that we have in society? Are we keeping it democratic, and open, and so on?" Tim Berners-Lee important-valuesneedsthinking When you understand things, there's no more magic. Tim Berners-Lee magic The internet explodes when somebody has the creativity to look at a piece of data that's put there for one reason and realise they can connect it with something else. Tim Berners-Lee datacreativitylooks
