Future Web — A Glimpse

Google, YouTube, Social Networking, AI, Web 2.0. Web 3.0….Where in the world are we going with the Internet?

One of the most important figures in the Web’s history provided members of Congress with a glimpse into the future of technology. Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, spoke about his experience, his views, and his vision of the future during a congressional subcommittee hearing Thursday. The hearing, entitled “The Future of the World Wide Web,” is the first in a series on the “Digital Future of the United States.”

Berners-Lee — whom TIME Magazine listed, with Albert Einstein, as one of the most important people of the 20th Century — spent hours Thursday publicly explaining how the Internet and the World Wide Web came about, how they work, what their potential is and what must be done to make sure they reach it. Check out his audio/video remarks here.