The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy Condition:Well Read rough and tumble road trip

rough and tumble road trip of self-exploration and discovery

offered precious few alternatives

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation

including Amis' portraits of Saul Bellow

When good-time

The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy Condition:Well Read rough and tumble road tripSilicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today's new digital media in this lively, readable and witty polemic, which reveals how an avalanche of amateur content is threatening our values, economy, and ultimately innovation and creativity itself. Highly topical, provocative and controversial the counter argument to The Long Tail, The Wisdom of Crowds and the 'mad utopians' of Web 2. 0, it is a wake up call