Andrew Keen Under My Skin
Okay, Andrew Keen got under my skin again. This guy is too much to believe. The chief irony of Andrew Keen is that he became known to me because of, and only because of, Web 2.0 channels. A post about him rode in on an obscure RSS feed I subscribe to.
He’s a smart guy though, who obviously realized that the world is full of internet prophets and we’d all take notice at an articulate naysayer like himself. I hope he sells a bunch of books. Well, not really. Boycott his elitist ass, LOL.
The Technology Chronicles : Special Guest Blogger: Andrew Keen
Enough free press for Andrew. Thought provoking though… I probably wouldn’t get angry if he didn’t make a couple stinging points.
on July 2nd, 2006 at 10:20 am
I thught the same thing about the irony of Web 2.0 serving to publicize a web 2.0 naysayer.
In reality, it’s easy to become “devil’s advocate” like Keen has done, and apply a half assed version of the Socratic method to your rhetoric.
The reality of Keen is that he does not fully understand what he is talking about. It is apparent by reading his analysis, and his comparisons to Marxism and Utopianism, while waning us of a Dystopia. His is a technological Dystopianist railing at people who he wrongly sees as Utopianists.
In reality, all that I am doing is using and improving technology, and voluntarily cooperating with others. Why would Keen have a problem with that?