Andrew Keen: 'Social media is killing our species'
Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 06/06/2012 14:36
Andrew Keen took on the unruly Internet with his provocative 2007 book, "Cult of Amateur -- How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture." He advanced a thesis that mainstream media, copyrights, and the public trust are being compromised by the profusion of content on blogs, YouTube, and other venues. He described the situation as "ignorance meets egoism meets bad taste meets mob rule."
In his new book, "Digital Vertigo," Keen takes on Facebook and the social Web. He argues that the profusion of sharing online is "killing our species," dividing, diminishing, and disorienting humanity. He maintains that a kind of "digital narcissism," or exhibitionism, is becoming a salient feature of our culture, and that Facebook is "stealing the innocence of our inner lives."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57446961-93/andrew-keen-social-media-is-killing-our-species/
