I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.

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

It's mine - you can't have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I'm getting in return.

Universality has been the key enabler of innovation on the Web and will continue to be so in the future.

The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.