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[Blaise (imported)]

THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR

How Today’s Internet Is Killing Our Culture

By Andrew Keen

228 pages. Doubleday. $22.95

“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.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/books/29book.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/books/29book.html)

I love Homer Simpson ominously saying, “Wikipedia can be changed.” I confess that no one would publish what I post but I don't care! The idea of someone from The Weekly Standard complaining about falling standards amuses me.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I'm a self confessed Internet groupie but, I never get my news from online. I choose ABC and BBC news on the boob tube.

If I had the extra funds, I'd take the Christian Science Monitor for good, unbaised "middle of the road" news.

I need to be online for:

• Email

• Chat

• Message Boards

• Naked pix of she-wolves and sheep

[Paolo]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

Idiocrasy.

The future is at hand.

[Blaise (imported)]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

Idiocrasy.

The future is at hand.

Looks intriguing. Thanks for the reference.

[Riverwind (imported)]

I'm a self confessed Internet groupie but, I never get my news from online. I choose ABC and BBC news on the boob tube.

If I had the extra funds, I'd take the Christian Science Monitor for good, unbaised "middle of the road" news.

I need to be online for:

• Email

• Chat

• Message Boards

• Naked pix of she-wolves and sheep

The Christian Science Monitor, are they still in business ? I thought they merged with the John Burch Society or was it the other way around ?

River