We can't blame the technology when we make mistakes.

One way to think about the magnitude of the changes to come is to think about how you went about your business before powerful Web search engines. You probably wouldn't have imagined that a world of answers would be available to you in under a second. The next set of advances will have an different effect, but similar in magnitude.

The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.

It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live.

The amount of control you have over somebody if you can monitor internet activity is amazing.

One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don't.

[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance.