DRAWING on OBSERVATIONS

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Andrew Keen’s Book “The Cult of the Amateur, How The Internet Is Killing Our Culture” hypothesizes that Web 2.0, where content and information are increasingly being controlled by amateurs, is a very dangerous step backwards for our culture. Where in the past, information was disseminated by learned people who had to go through a screening process of acquiring degrees, convince a publisher or being hired by a publication, now anyone with a computer (yes, even I’m doing it) can start publishing their thoughts. Sites like Wikipedia, where the content is written … Continue Reading