Web founder warns of short-termism

WEB FOUNDER WARNS OF SHORT-TERMISM
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: Richard Waters and Kevin Allison]
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web, says Internet companies are taking a dangerously short-term view and ignoring big potential risks and opportunities as the online medium becomes a more central part of everyday life. He also criticized the lack of support for long-term research into these issues, which he said marks a break from the traditional approach technology companies have taken. According to Sir Tim, research on the future of the web needs to draw on experts from a mix of backgrounds, including technologists, economists, psychologists and sociologists. What is lacking are “the people who could be really rethinking a new form of web interaction, a new way of organizing society, something to replace the existing forms of democracy”, he said.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/51c753fe-a43f-11dc-a28d-0000779fd2ac.html
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