Andrew Keen Removes All Doubt
When I first heard about Andrew Keen’s book (The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture), I assumed he was just looking to make a new career as contrarian pundit.
I mean, he came across as wrong in print “debates” (David Weinberger thoroughly and politely kicks Keen’s butt in the Wall Street Journal) but not actually stupid.
Then I saw his interview with Stephen Colbert:
I was going to borrow Keen’s book from my local public library, but after seeing this interview and hearing such appallingly moronic things come out of his mouth (e.g. “Even the Nazis didn’t put artists out of work” or suggesting that something isn’t art unless it is paid for), I can’t do it.
Please- watch the video and read the “debate” with Weinberger before wasting time or money on Keen’s book.
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August 27th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Keen seems like a complete douche who wants to crush the greatest free speech tool of all times.
January 20th, 2009 at 1:02 am
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