'It's unashamedly biased...This is not a fair book...it's designed to open up a conversation...'- author of the book, Andrew Keen
Related;
Andrew Keen v Emily Bell
Andrew Keen blog
The Cult of the Amateur -NYT review
Mr. Keen argues that “what the Web 2.0 revolution is really delivering is superficial observations of the world around us rather than deep analysis, shrill opinion rather than considered judgment.” In his view Web 2.0 is changing the cultural landscape and not for the better. By undermining mainstream media and intellectual property rights, he says, it is creating a world in which we will “live to see the bulk of our music coming from amateur garage bands, our movies and television from glorified YouTubes, and our news made up of hyperactive celebrity gossip, served up as mere dressing for advertising.” This is what happens, he suggests, “when ignorance meets egoism meets bad taste meets mob rule
Are spontaneous orders always beneficial?
Subtitle of the book in England; how today's internet is killing our culture and assaulting our economy
Subtitle of the book in America;how today's internet is killing our culture
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