There was a time when the community that was on the Net was homogenous and civilized. Now it's not. We're in the middle of chaos. It may calm down. But the alternative is that there's a total meltdown of the system and that it becomes unusable. That would be a catastrophe.

To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites.

When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.

At one point, CERN was toying with patenting the World Wide Web.

Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.

If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to do with protection of the average citizen against abuses.

Since the web is totally worldwide, we need a set of behavioural rules, laws they are commonly called, that are accepted worldwide. There is a big difference as to how things are treated in the U.S. and Europe and Asia.