Not Comics: Andrew Keen’s Critique

A few people e-mailed me a link this book review of Andrew Keen's The Cult of the Amateur, which means someone in comics probably had it up first, so I apologize for not knowing who that is. I think what's obvious to take away in Keen's almost gleefully critical nut-kicking of on-line culture and values -- a lot of which I'll probably find strained or wanting given details -- is his warning that a migration to the Internet does not automatically mean that models will spring up for financial support and profit on the same level as what existed before the advent of the technology. It might, but there are no guarantees, and the fact we're still talking in terms of potential for these kinds of efforts more than we are in structured choices probably indicates something as well.
 
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