I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place.

I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?

The more you enter, the more you become locked in. Your social-networking site becomes a central platform - a closed silo of content, and one that does not give you full control over your information in it. The more this kind of architecture gains widespread use, the more the Web becomes fragmented, and the less we enjoy a single, universal information space.

If you are not on the web, you will have problems accessing services.

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.

The dream behind the Web is of a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information.