Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web. Convergencia Cultural.Henry Jenkis.mov. Berners-Lee calls for higher purpose of Web | Cutting Edge. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the underpinnings of the World Wide Web, isn't just concerned about getting browsers on more mobile devices. Architects of the Web need to consider how it will affect all humanity as it evolves. Berners-Lee was one of the speakers here this afternoon at Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything, a conference organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In his talk, Berners-Lee reprised his role in writing the protocols now used on the Web and how a few chance encounters led to the World Wide Web Consortium being first located at MIT. But even as engineers hammer out the next version of HTML, they have a duty to fulfill a weighty social purpose of the Web, he said. "The challenge before us is getting everyone involved. The Web should serve to connect more people and bridge cultural gaps and misunderstandings among people, Berners-Lee said. Nicholas Negroponte, in 1984, makes 5 predictions. Lev Manovich ยป ARTICLES.