8 blog reactions to http://crowdsourcing.typepad.com/cs/2007/06/andrew_keens_cu.html

relief valve for the talent-less

relief valve for the talent-less

than any one business venture. By redefining the boundaries between “work” and “play”, and allowing everyone to explore their full creative potential, crowdsourcing (as enabled by Web 2.0 technologies) makes all of our lives richer. (Except for Andrew Keen.) So it was with great trepidation we decided to sabotage the entire TED conference in an attempt to derail Kluster. Unfortunately, we hadn’t counted on Robin Williams being present. Is there ANYTHING that man can

crawl is Andrew Keen, the controversial author of the book Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture. He happened to be on a local television show last night so I read up about him. I shouldn’t have to explain what sort of reception he’s received from those of us invested in web2.0 paradigms, tools and trends. I’d summarize Keen’s thesis if his book title didn’t do so already. I encounter views like Keen’s every day. Some of these views are grounded in relevant argument