Friday, June 22, 2007

Andrew Keen - The Cult of the Amateur

If you are at all interested in the impact of the internet, which this author calls Web 2.0 (explained in the book), on print publishing, the movie business, and the music business, then you need to read this book.

We can only hope that the author is overstating the case that Web 2.0 with YouTube, file sharing, and music downloading is killing the above industries. I don't know enough to know if he's right or not.

But I do think he paints a scary picture. If this is the future, then take me back to the past.

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