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.

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.

What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring.

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.

AI is not just heading for our industry, it will radically change the machinery we use in marketing.

It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page.

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.