# The Web Does Not Just Connect Machines It Connects People by Tim Berners-Lee > "The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people." > **— Tim Berners-Lee**, *2008, Knight Foundation speech* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Knight Foundation speech, 2008. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Knight Foundation speech](https://webfoundation.org/about/community/knight-2008-tbl-speech/) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Tim Berners-Lee|Tim Berners-Lee]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people." — Tim Berners-Lee, 2008, Knight Foundation speech https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-tim-lee-web-just-connect-machines-connects ```