Comments on: Andrew Keen is (mostly) wrong http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/23/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/ Asi Sharabi's Private Selections Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:07:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: No Man’s Blog - It’s not google that making us stupid http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/23/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-71309 No Man’s Blog - It’s not google that making us stupid Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:26:20 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-71309 [...] blessings to the human society and culture are by far greater than the dumbing down of individuals. Just as books and Rock ‘n’ Roll and TV in the past, google and the web do not make us stupid as a [...] [...] blessings to the human society and culture are by far greater than the dumbing down of individuals. Just as books and Rock ‘n’ Roll and TV in the past, google and the web do not make us stupid as a [...]

]]> By: Uri Baruchin http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/23/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-3787 Uri Baruchin Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:12:19 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-3787 It's nothing more the "new replacing the old" fallacy with a lot of scaremongering woven in between. We have this new way of doing things. It's surprisingly good at some things, and opens up some new possibilities. It is not so good at others, and to be honest, some things it does quite poorly. If only we haven't thrown everything else out the window... Wait a minute! We _%$#ucking_ haven't! Lucky human civilisation! You can tie back the life-boats so... like Keen himself said in a recent interview - this book is a speaking-engagement-revenue-generation-vehicle Next week - TV is the end of radio. Week after next - we all loose the ability to cut stuff due to the invention of the fork. It’s nothing more the “new replacing the old” fallacy with a lot of scaremongering woven in between.

We have this new way of doing things. It’s surprisingly good at some things, and opens up some new possibilities. It is not so good at others, and to be honest, some things it does quite poorly.
If only we haven’t thrown everything else out the window…

Wait a minute! We _%$#ucking_ haven’t!
Lucky human civilisation! You can tie back the life-boats

so… like Keen himself said in a recent interview - this book is a speaking-engagement-revenue-generation-vehicle

Next week - TV is the end of radio. Week after next - we all loose the ability to cut stuff due to the invention of the fork.

]]> By: asi http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/23/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-3747 asi Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:34:10 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-3747 LOL! good point mate... A. LOL!

good point mate…

A.

]]> By: Charles Frith http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/23/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-3744 Charles Frith Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:36:22 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/07/andrew-keen-is-mostly-wrong/#comment-3744 Personally I blame the mistakes of the slow progress of the last thousand years or so on the cult of the professional. Personally I blame the mistakes of the slow progress of the last thousand years or so on the cult of the professional.

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