It seems some guy named Andrew Keen has his undies in a bunch over the little people daring to write things on the internet, where occasionally someone else reads them.
Evidently, Keen believes that this is leading to the decline and fall of western civilization and he has written a just-published book, The Cult Of The Amateur, to make that case. Keen likens bloggers to the T.H Huxley theorem that given enough monkeys and enough typewriters, blah, blah blah.
The situation, as I understand Keen's argument, is that bad writing, specifically blogs, dry up the market for quality writing. This leaves professional creatives without an outlet for their work. Geez, I thought I was just ranting about my life. I didn't know that I was killing literature in the process. I encourage my four regular visitors to buy and read a book or something. Kurt, you may wish to buy a used book at the flea market.
In the meantime, if anyone is going to the grocery, don't forget my bananas.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky
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4 comments:
So Keen is annoyed that I'm reading your blog instead of going out and buying his book? Being a peevish author doesn't exactly make others want to become dedicated readers, does it?
There is a hell of a lot of amateur out there, that's for sure. But actually I'm very impressed at how creative and articulate most bloggers are. Who knew?
Ironically, books like the one you are describing are exactly what people read instead of "quality writing."
I also avoid the books about "great books" or about learning to be a reader. I don't have enough time as it is to read all the great books - why would I cut into it even more?
What is this man's problem? I never dreamed that I might become the downfall of civilisation when I started my blog. What a sobering thought, or it will be when I stop laughing at such balderdash...
Ms Soup
I read, like um, THREE books I got outta the liberry this week. Keen REEKS.
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