
The Internet Is Not the Answer
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Narrated by:
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Tom Pile
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By:
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Andrew Keen
The Internet, created during the Cold War, has now ushered in one of the greatest shifts in society since the Industrial Revolution. There are many positive ways in which the Internet has contributed to the world, but as a society we are less aware of the Internet's deeply negative effects on our psychology, economy, and culture.
In The Internet Is Not the Answer, Andrew Keen, a 20-year veteran of the tech industry, traces the technological and economic history of the Internet from its founding in the 1960s, through the rise of the big data companies, to the increasing attempts to monetize almost every human activity, and investigates how the Internet is reconfiguring our world, often at great cost. In this sharp, witty narrative, informed by the work of other writers, academics, and reporters, as well as his own wide-ranging research and interviews, Keen shows us the tech world, warts and all, and investigates what we can do to make sure the choices we make about the reconfiguring of our society do not lead to unpleasant unforeseen aftershocks.
©2015 Andrew Keen. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Worth a listen
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Well-written and well spoken
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Important polemic
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Enjoyable, informative and slightly depressing
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
My time wasn't completely wasted. Keen does bring up some valid concerns for the future, the digital economy's focusing of wealth and the increased productivity it allows making millions of jobs redundant. He doesn't really understand the later or explain the former. He wants to turn the clock back but spends almost all of the book explaining real and perceived problems with the internet rather then proposing a way forward. His answer at the end is not well described or considered. While I agree that the internet is not the 'answer' for the changes that the internet created, that isn't a very insightful discovery.Would you ever listen to anything by Andrew Keen again?
Not on this topic. I feel I had a good grasp on his views after three hours. The remaining 6 and 1/2 did flesh out the details, but there were no surprises.What does Tom Pile bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Amazing narration skills. His emotional undertones let the listener feel Keen's rage and frustration. Clear easy to understand vocalizations that help you focus on even dull and repetitive passages.If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Nope. I enjoy documentaries but I understand Keen's view already. Added visualizations wont change anything.Good questions, no real answers.
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Eye-opening
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Internet 4 Dummies
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Worth reading but a little dry
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Light on facts heavy on conjecture
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My review of this book could be as long as the book itself, but I'll simply conclude that the Internet deserves better and smarter detractors than this one.
it could have been an interesting read
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