In an extreme view, the world can be seen as only connections, nothing else. We think of a dictionary as the repository of meaning, but it defines wo… - Tim Berners-Lee

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In an extreme view, the world can be seen as only connections, nothing else. We think of a dictionary as the repository of meaning, but it defines words only in terms of other words. I liked the idea that a piece of information is really defined only by what it's related to, and how it's related. There really is little else to meaning. The structure is everything. 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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About Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955) is the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.

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Birth Name: Timothy John Berners-Lee
Alternative Names: Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee TimBL T. Berners-Lee T Berners-Lee Tim Berners Lee T. J. Berners-Lee T.J. Berners-Lee TJ Berners-Lee TBL Sir Tim Berners-Lee Berners-Lee
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An [hypertext] encyclopaedia will be an overall attempt by the knowledgeable, the learned societies or anyone else, to represent the state-of-the-art in their field. An encyclopaedia will be a living document, as up to date as it can be, instantly accessible at any time. It will contain carefully authored explanations and summaries of the subject, as well as computer-generated indexes of literature. A reference to a paper from the encyclopaedia conveys authority and acceptance by academic society. A measure of a paper’s standing may be conveyed by the number of links it is away from an encyclopaedia.

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