Myths and Misconceptions of Technology

Oh well, now here’s the rage going down on Andrew Keen from the anonymous blogheads from across the swamp of evil in the form of a narcissist hydra he set off to decapitate. I swear not to be single-sided in my selection, but that’s just what it is so far:

Here is a book review, here’s an opinion about professionalism and gatekeepers (by the way, I never was aware that people depend so much on movie reviews, which says a lot of the “democracy” created by mainstream media and the media literacy of its audience) and here is something about journalism. Markos Z?niga claims Keen has got it completely wrong with his research concerning the credentials of the creator of dailykos.com.

Update:

Now wait, here is one in favor of Keen though it is not exactly clear why, but let a sublime like-minded spirit convince you about the sorrow he feels for a loss of intellectual edge that comes with the Internet. And here is another book review from one of his hailed gatekeepers, very British indeed.

And finally, here is what David Weinberger and Clay Shirky say.