“Whitt sets out an aspirational world in which digital technology becomes more helpful and less threatening. Definitely thought provoking!”

– Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, and co-father of the Internet

“Richard Whitt brilliantly and meticulously constructs a complete overlay of the WWW (GliaNet) that is built on trust, where each of us enjoys autonomy and agency to control our data and safely use technology to benefit humanity.” – Susan Ness, former Commissioner, US Federal Communications Commission; Distinguished Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania

“Whitt’s Reweaving the Web starts from a place that brought me, and many of us, to the internet—that it was an open space for human creation. Underneath our current experience, there are still opportunities for creativity, autonomy, and human values. We can still create a web that serves the many and not just the few. Richard’s book calls us to that—to reexamine and reimagine what we accepted as normal on the web, and to join forces in doing so.” – Mark Surman, President of Mozilla Foundation

“Reweaving the Web offers a deeply thoughtful framework for a future where technology enhances rather than erodes our humanity. Whitt’s insights are profound and practical, making this book a must-read for anyone invested in the future of the internet and committed to implementing new tech and policy ideas to avoid recreating the problems of yesterday and to instead build a better digital tomorrow.” – Vilas S. Dhar, President and Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

“In Reweaving the Web, Richard Whitt makes the invisible visible, challenging us to truly see the digital allowances we’ve unconsciously accepted. He flips the script, urging us to imagine a world where we, as “clients,” set the terms of engagement in our digital landscape, where vendors must play by the rules of our unique fine print. Whitt’s book is a wake-up call, challenging the notion that our current digital regime is inevitable and shows us ways in which we could actively craft a more empowering digital future.” – Tui Shaub Cord, Omidyar Network

“Richard Whitt’s unique, brilliantly developed innovations on human agency and trusted data fiduciaries in the digital world inspired me to go beyond advocating for privacy into investing in empowering humanity. This book is the bright guiding light for progress in a world of digital darkness. It is filled with rich, insightful analysis and practical, fair-minded solutions.” 

– Milton Pedraza, President of Luxury Institute and ethical tech investor

“As Richard’s excellent book explains, if AI is going to be truly uplifting for humanity, then let’s start with humans first. A personal AI that can make you a better you, provide you with a 10x improvement, and will in turn make you a more productive worker, a more efficient consumer, and a more engaged citizen. Let the benefits flow up, because they sure as hell have never trickled down.” 

– Reza Rassool, Chair and CEO, Kwaai.ai

“There is nobody better to challenge the predominant paradigm of the World Wide Web than Richard Whitt, one of the internet’s earliest and deepest thought leaders. His decades of work on the increasingly complex digital world uniquely equip him to guide us through the AI paradigm shift, which brings both great risk and real opportunity to reclaim and promote our collective humanity.” 

– Maura Corbett, President of the Glen Echo Group

“Through this book, Richard offers a new diagnosis of not just our relationships with technology but also ourselves. The use of “trust” as the lens to governance is critical and offers analyses on flows of power and decision making but also solutions which are anchored in the human experiences with and of technologies. Trust is the centerpiece for how we should reweave our digital lives, and this book has plenty to say on that.” – Astha Kapoor, Aapti Institute

“Whitt’s vision of “human affirming technology pathways” is worth our attention and careful consideration. His bold ideas, captured in this book, creatively show how salutary human values can be embedded within the ubiquitous technologies that shape us, our culture, and our institutions.” – Brad Bernthal, Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Center, CU Boulder

“With Reweaving the Web, Richard Whitt brilliantly gives us a glimpse of a brighter digital future we can all support – one in which every person possesses greater control to design their own digital lives. With a lawyer’s precision, a tech policy expert’s wisdom, and a humanitarian’s heart, he explores the core issues of human agency and autonomy currently at stake on the web and offers a wellorganized, easy-to-read roadmap for creating that future.” – Jonathan Cohen, Partner, Wilkinson Barker & Knauer, and former White House and FCC Staff

“We are increasingly living inside a computer - the internet which so seamlessly facilitates and mediates our lives, is moving deeper into our “offline” environments through the countless sensors and cameras of the “smart” city. What does that mean for our human freedoms of thought and action? Whitt helps us see the very real dangers, but more importantly, proposes ways to shift the balance towards the digital rights we all deserve.” – Jacqueline Lu, CEO and Co-founder, Helpful Places

“Reweaving the Web masterfully guides us towards a future where trust and human agency are at the core of our digital lives. A blueprint for reclaiming the internet for the people, by the people, Whitt’s background enables him to provide readers with a clairvoyant vision for the future of the internet!” – Joe Toscano, technology entrepreneur and former Googler

“Reweaving the Web perfectly contextualizes the challenges facing humanity and what the “coalition of the willing” can do to solve them. The book masterfully lays out the forces and choices that have led us here — for better or worse — and how we can use the “most transformative technology in all of history” to turn us back from the brink. It is Whitt’s blending of economics, historical context, and solution sets that makes “Reweaving the Web” a must-read for policymakers on Capitol Hill and in state capitals alike. For that matter, the book is essential reading for anyone serious about the future of digital governance and personal agency.” 

– Tim Lordan, Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation