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

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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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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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The fact that we're all connected, the fact that we've got this information space — does change the parameters. It changes the way people live and work. It changes things for good and for bad. But I think, in general, it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings — and the Web's a form of communications — so it generally should be good. But I think, also, we have to watch whether we preserve the stability of the world — like we don't want to watch this phenomenon like the stock market becoming unstable when it became computerized, for example. 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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