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What a beautiful amateur coat you have

September 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

   

 Kim Cameron does a book
review of The
Cult of the Amateur
. The title of his post is “Emperor of the Amateurs” I
assume this is as in the the Emperor has no clothes. I saw this guy peddling his
book on the Colbert Report the other night. Both Judith and I looked at each
other and said, “can this guy be real?” I am glad to see others that have
actually done the work of ferreting out the bastard.

“How today’s Internet is killing our culture” my ass.

The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values

If you are looking for a real hoot, and have nothing enjoyable or
worthwhile to do, consider spending an hour (no more) with Andrew Keenís The Cult
of the Amateur
.  Whatever you do, donít buy it ñ youíre sure to find
discarded copies lying around.  Mine, for example.

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