Andrew Keen è un noto e spesso controverso commentatore della rivoluzione digitale, che esamina criticamente il profondo impatto di internet e della vita online. I suoi scritti esplorano la disconnessione tra le personalità digitali e la realtà, mettendo in guardia contro i potenziali svantaggi della connettività costante. Keen adotta uno stile provocatorio, esortando i lettori a considerare il futuro plasmato dalla tecnologia e dalla sua onnipresente influenza.
In a collection of 18 exclusive interviews Andrew Keen discusses the impact of the digital revolution and possible solutions to the challenges we face today with some of the most influential thinkers of our time.
Andrew Keen, 'the Christopher Hitchens of the internet', describes his urgent worldwide search for ways in which humanity can protect itself from the dark side of the digital future.
In this controversial book, Andrew Keen argues that the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all out lives - and outlines what we must do to change it, before it's too late.
In this sharp and witty book, long-time Silicon Valley observer and author Andrew Keen argues that, on balance, the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all our lives. By tracing the history of the Internet, from its founding in the 1960s to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1989, through the waves of start-ups and the rise of the big data companies to the increasing attempts to monetize almost every human activity, Keen shows how the Web has had a deeply negative effect on our culture, economy and society. Informed by Keen's own research and interviews, as well as the work of other writers, reporters and academics, The Internet is Not the Answer is an urgent investigation into the tech world - from the threat to privacy posed by social media and online surveillance by government agencies, to the impact of the Internet on unemployment and economic inequality. Keen concludes by outlining the changes that he believes must be made, before it's too late. If we do nothing, he warns, this new technology and the companies that control it will continue to impoverish us all
Das Internet bringt den Menschen mehr Demokratie, wirtschaftlichen Wohlstand und kulturelle Vielfalt. Es ist ein Raum der Transparenz, Offenheit und Gleichberechtigung. Ein Erfolg auf der ganzen Linie. Wer das glaubt, sagt Silicon-Valley-Insider Andrew Keen, liegt völlig falsch. Nicht die Gesellschaft profitiert von einer „hypervernetzten“ Welt, sondern eine elitäre Gruppe junger weißer Männer. Was ihnen immer mehr Reichtum beschert, macht uns in vielerlei Hinsicht ärmer. Das Internet vernichtet Arbeitsplätze, unterbindet den Wettbewerb und befördert Intoleranz und Voyeurismus. Es ist kein Ort der Freiheit, sondern ein Überwachungsapparat, dem wir kosten- und bedenkenlos zuarbeiten. Kurzum: Das Internet ist ein wirtschaftliches, kulturelles und gesellschaftliches Debakel. Andrew Keen liefert eine scharfe, pointierte Analyse unserer vernetzten Welt und zeigt, was sich ändern muss, um ein endgültiges Scheitern des Internets zu verhindern.
A witty and provocative polemic on the 'anything goes' standards of online publishing.