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The Internet is Not the Answer
Andrew Keen
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Description for The Internet is Not the Answer
Paperback. In this controversial and explosive book, Andrew Keen argues that the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all our lives - and outlines what we must do to change it, before it's too late. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; PDR; UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782393436
SKU
V9781782393436
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99-8
About Andrew Keen
Andrew Keen is one of the world's best-known and controversial commentators on the digital revolution. He is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He is executive director of the Silicon Valley innovation salon FutureCast, the host of the popular Internet chat show 'Keen On', a Senior Fellow at ... Read more
Reviews for The Internet is Not the Answer
Keen lucidly argues that by giving away all our data to Google, Facebook et al, all we actually do is enable them to become some of the biggest companies in the world and make their owners impossible rich... Sobering and persuasive
Observer
In this deliciously splenetic book, Keen tears into the hypocrisy of tech corporations... Keen enriches his ... Read more
Observer
In this deliciously splenetic book, Keen tears into the hypocrisy of tech corporations... Keen enriches his ... Read more