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The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

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There was a time when people felt the internet was another world, but now people realise it's a tool that we use in this world. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

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The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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The important thing is the diversity available on the Web. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything is done democratically. To do that, we get computers to talk with each other in such a way as to promote that ideal. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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