Tim Berners-Lee

Inventor of the World Wide Web

Contemporary influential 155 sayings

Sayings by Tim Berners-Lee

The web is a tool for freedom.

2014 — Speech at the Web We Want Festival
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The web is a place for everyone.

2017 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web is a global resource.

2018 — Interview with NPR
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The web is a shared space.

2016 — Speech at the MIT
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The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate and collaborate. That's not what happened. It became a read-only medium, and then it became a read-write medium of just a few companies.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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We need to fix the web. We need to get it back to being a platform for everybody, not just a few powerful companies.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web is not a neutral platform anymore. It's being manipulated by powerful interests.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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I invented the web, and I want to fix it. I want to make sure it's a platform for everybody, not just a few powerful companies.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web is under attack from governments and corporations. We need to fight back.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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I'm concerned about the way the web is being used to spread misinformation and manipulate people.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web was supposed to be a tool for liberation, but it's becoming a tool for oppression.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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We need to reclaim the web from the powerful interests that are trying to control it.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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I regret that I didn't do more to prevent the web from becoming what it is today.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web is broken, and we need to fix it. It's a moral imperative.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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The biggest threat to the web is centralization. We need to decentralize it.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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I'm working on a new project called Solid, which is designed to decentralize the web and give users more control over their data.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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Solid is a platform that will allow users to store their data in a personal online data store, and then grant access to that data to different applications.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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Solid will give users more control over their data and help to decentralize the web.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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I'm optimistic that Solid can help to fix the web and make it a better place for everyone.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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The web was designed to be a decentralized platform, but it has become increasingly centralized. This is a problem.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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