Andrew Keen

Andrew Keen: the demise of institutions

May 7, 2009 Innovation

During his NEXT09 keynote presentation, Andrew Keen dissected some of the problems underpinning the current discussion about the impact of technology on institutions. In this 5 minute 50 second video, I’ve pulled together some of the key threads he seeks to tease out. In the first section, Andrew points out the difficulty of remaining objective [...]

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Andrew Keen – a return to the Middle Ages

May 6, 2009 Innovation

Most people I know think the internet is a great thing, liberating us, adding value democratizing information. But is it all goodness? Andrew Keen believes that in the dash to the ‘new’ we should be careful that the very technologies that were supposed to facilitate a more egalitarian society don’t end up imprisoning us. In [...]

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Andrew Keen: how (most of us) are royally screwed

April 17, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Andrew Keen: Web 2.0 Is Fucked (The Next Web 2009) from Robin Wauters on Vimeo. As you can see from the title, part of this video is not safe for work. It is also a contrarian view of the democratization of the Internet that so many predict. Andrew Keen is a contrarian, a person I [...]

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