Tim Berners-Lee Quotes
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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.
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Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.
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Computers might not find the solutions to our problems, but they would be able to do the bulk of the legwork required, assist our human minds in intuitively finding ways through the maze.
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The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.
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I think a lot of great software has been written by people who are scratching a short-term itch, something which has been niggling them for ages, but in the back of their mind they’ve got a wonderful long-term plan.
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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.
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We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.
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It's mine - you can't have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I'm getting in return.
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The amount of control you have over somebody if you can monitor internet activity is amazing.
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It's possible to live without the Web. It's not possible to live without water. But if you've got water, then the difference between somebody who is connected to the Web and is part of the information society, and someone who (is not) is growing bigger and bigger.
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Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.
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To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things.
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Physicists analyse systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems.
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It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page.
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In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it.
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On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who had some deep personal issues suddenly find a formula which is very believable.
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When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.
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As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.
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I invented the web just because I needed it really because it was so frustrating that it didn't exit.
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Cool URIs don't change
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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.
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Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy.
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Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.
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AI is not just heading for our industry, it will radically change the machinery we use in marketing.
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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?"
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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.
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[With AI] Somebody's going to have to think of a completely new algorithm, a new way of doing goal-based planning.
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I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other.
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When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.
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E-mail is interesting. We can't live with it, and you can't live without it.
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