http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/keen-vs-weinberger-the-plot-by-amatuers-against-america/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/keen-vs-weinberger-the-plot-by-amatuers-against-america/#comment-330338 Fred Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:20:23 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/keen-vs-weinberger-the-plot-by-amatuers-against-america/#comment-330338 Andrew Keen is an idiot, pissed off that Web 2.0 inevitably results in less need for Andrew Keen. There's a point about halfway through that WSJ piece where he asks whether Weinberger thinks the web is good for intellectuals. Therein lies the rub - the motto of Web 2.0 should be Intellectuals are Irrelevant. If you have something to add to the conversation, then add it, whether you're a philosophy professor or a plumber. If not, then shut up and go away, even if you're an "intellectual" like Andrew Keen. Andrew Keen is an idiot, pissed off that Web 2.0 inevitably results in less need for Andrew Keen. There’s a point about halfway through that WSJ piece where he asks whether Weinberger thinks the web is good for intellectuals. Therein lies the rub - the motto of Web 2.0 should be Intellectuals are Irrelevant. If you have something to add to the conversation, then add it, whether you’re a philosophy professor or a plumber. If not, then shut up and go away, even if you’re an “intellectual” like Andrew Keen.

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