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> [“The spirit there was very decentralized. The individual was incredibly empowered. It was all based on there being no central authority that you had to go to to ask permission,” he said. “That feeling of individual control, that empowerment, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/the-spirit-there-was-very-decentralized-the-individual-was-incredibly/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

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## More by Tim Berners-Lee

> [When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/when-something-is-such-a-creative-medium-as-the-web-the-limits-to-it/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [You can’t propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/you-can-t-propose-that-something-be-a-universal-space-and-at-the-same/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/web-users-ultimately-want-to-get-at-data-quickly-and-easily-they-don/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [Physicists analyse systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/physicists-analyse-systems-web-scientists-however-can-create-the/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [AI is not just heading for our industry, it will radically change the machinery we use in marketing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/ai-is-not-just-heading-for-our-industry-it-will-radically-change-the/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at existing databases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/web-pages-are-designed-for-people-for-the-semantic-web-we-need-to/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/one-of-the-issues-of-social-networking-silos-is-that-they-have-the/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [The more you enter, the more you become locked in. Your social-networking site becomes a central platform - a closed silo of content, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/the-more-you-enter-the-more-you-become-locked-in-your-social/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [Celebrity damages private life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/celebrity-damages-private-life/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [I think, in general, it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/i-think-in-general-it-s-clear-that-most-bad-things-come-from/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/when-somebody-has-learned-how-to-program-a-computer-you-re-joining-a/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/i-m-an-optimist-about-humanity-in-general-i-suppose/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/anyone-who-has-lost-track-of-time-when-using-a-computer-knows-the/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [Universality has been the key enabler of innovation on the Web and will continue to be so in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/universality-has-been-the-key-enabler-of-innovation-on-the-web-and/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

> [What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around, discover new things, and download them fast, when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/what-is-a-web-year-now-about-three-months-and-when-people-can-browse/)

[Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/)

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