[Web4lib] Andrew Keen: Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor His Spinach

[Gerry Mckiernan]

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BERKELEY, California (Reuters) -- Internet culture, often portrayed as
the vanguard of progress, is actually a jungle peopled by intellectual
yahoos and digital thieves, according to a Silicon Valley
entrepreneur-turned-dissenter.

Andrew Keen, a 47-year-old Briton who founded dot-com era music startup
Audiocafe, argues that basic notions of expertise are under assault amid
a cultural shift in favor of the amateurism of blogs, MySpace and other
popularity-driven sites.

"Millions and millions of exuberant monkeys ... are creating an endless
digital forest of mediocrity," Keen writes in a book published Tuesday.

[It Gets Better ... ]

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/06/06/keen.amateurs.reut/index.html
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The NPR interview is a Must Listen!

 Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor His Spinach

Does the Internet Undermine Culture?
 Weekend Edition Saturday, June 16, 2007 · The Internet is transforming
the economy and the culture. Is it for the best? Andrew Keen, author of
_The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture_
says the consequences of the digital age need to be managed.

[ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11131872 ]

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/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
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