Saturday, December 29, 2007

Online Databases—Web 2.0: Our Cultural Downfall?

From Library Journal
Andrew Keen, former internet entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, has become an articulate contrarian regarding all of the Web 2.0 excitement.
I think he might be on to something here:
"The underlying message from Keen is buyer (or reader) beware. When anyone can add unfiltered, unvetted, and unattributed information to a growing array of social networking sites—sites some people rely on for their news or research—we have a dangerous dumbing-down of culture and a world where truth is hard to differentiate from falsehood."

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