{"id":3317,"date":"2015-01-06T02:19:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T02:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2015-01-06T02:19:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T02:19:21","slug":"not-what-we-had-hoped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2015\/01\/06\/not-what-we-had-hoped\/","title":{"rendered":"Not what we had hoped"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Keen is a technologist who offers a negative view of the Internet. In one of his previous books, Cult of the Amateur<\/a>, he argues among other things that amateur online content is ruining the potential of the Internet for professional content creators. My simplified summary of the argument would be that amateurs offer free content creating a certain expectations among consumers who then are unwilling to support the work of those offering quality content.<\/p>\n

Keen has a new book with similar themes. He appeared on a recent episode of Triangulation<\/a> (a TWIT network program) and describes his most recent concerns with Leo Laporte. My take is this book outlines how the Internet has failed to live up to many of the original hopes online opportunities seemed to offer.<\/p>\n

I find Keen’s analysis insightful even if frustrating.<\/p>\n

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