Comments on: The hack http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: avneron http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354569 avneron Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:28:47 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354569 i heard an interview with him on NPR a few weeks ago. he made very weak arguments. and the interviewer (i think it was Brian Lehrer) did not do a good enough job in digging deeper. does not worth buying the book. and probably should not get airtime either. i heard an interview with him on NPR a few weeks ago.
he made very weak arguments. and the interviewer (i think it was Brian Lehrer) did not do a good enough job in digging deeper.

does not worth buying the book. and probably should not get airtime either.

]]> By: Tansley - addendum http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354556 Tansley - addendum Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:46:03 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354556 For Ms. Conrad: You both overestimate the weight the Times carries, and underestimate the regard many of us hold for people like Jeff. It IS possible to be an intellectual without being an effete snob, as is the fashion of Mr. Keen. For Ms. Conrad:
You both overestimate the weight the Times carries, and underestimate the regard many of us hold for people like Jeff.

It IS possible to be an intellectual without being an effete snob, as is the fashion of Mr. Keen.

]]> By: Ms. Conrad http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354520 Ms. Conrad Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:34:03 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354520 The NYT did not find this book to be useless piffle. You'll argue that the review is from the gasping mouth of old media. But without an actual debate, you leave we readers of both Keen and Jarvis at an ambivalent impasse. Not fun. Not productive. The NYT did not find this book to be useless piffle. You’ll argue that the review is from the gasping mouth of old media. But without an actual debate, you leave we readers of both Keen and Jarvis at an ambivalent impasse. Not fun. Not productive.

]]> By: Le culte de l’amateur, encore http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354382 Le culte de l’amateur, encore Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:04:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354382 [...] Jeff Jarvis revient un brin sur le livre “The cult of the amateur” d’Andrew Keen. Comme plusieurs autres, Jarvis a refusé de débattre avec l’auteur, jugeant que ce serait une mauvaise idée d’accorder de l’importance à ce livre mal foutu. “I said the book is just plain bad. It’s sloppily researched and written. It is link- and PR-bait disguised as a polemic. If it were intelligently, thoughtfully presented, I’d be happy to talk about these ideas. But it’s not. The irony is that Keen accuses us all of being hacks but his book is just a hack. I told them I chose not to play into this publicity mill on my blog and wouldn’t do so on the air, either. Here’s the interesting part: They each said they’d heard just this same perspective from a lot of people they’d called looking for debaters.” [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis revient un brin sur le livre “The cult of the amateur” d’Andrew Keen. Comme plusieurs autres, Jarvis a refusé de débattre avec l’auteur, jugeant que ce serait une mauvaise idée d’accorder de l’importance à ce livre mal foutu. “I said the book is just plain bad. It’s sloppily researched and written. It is link- and PR-bait disguised as a polemic. If it were intelligently, thoughtfully presented, I’d be happy to talk about these ideas. But it’s not. The irony is that Keen accuses us all of being hacks but his book is just a hack. I told them I chose not to play into this publicity mill on my blog and wouldn’t do so on the air, either. Here’s the interesting part: They each said they’d heard just this same perspective from a lot of people they’d called looking for debaters.” [...]

]]> By: Evelyn Rodriguez http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354368 Evelyn Rodriguez Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:25:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354368 Great response! Keen is always harping about our culture being "destroyed," as if his contributions to culture and beauty and art and literature and civilization are anything more than PR drivel, fluff and fanfare for himself. I think the Web medium is one way to push the envelope of creativity and language, and we're surfing the edges of our own culture rather than having be spoon-fed to us by the appropriately appointed "culture engineers," as Terence McKenna would say. Short sweet video of McKenna talking about cultural diversion, and reclaiming our own culture - and mind and soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARIG-BQRATs Great response! Keen is always harping about our culture being “destroyed,” as if his contributions to culture and beauty and art and literature and civilization are anything more than PR drivel, fluff and fanfare for himself.

I think the Web medium is one way to push the envelope of creativity and language, and we’re surfing the edges of our own culture rather than having be spoon-fed to us by the appropriately appointed “culture engineers,” as Terence McKenna would say.

Short sweet video of McKenna talking about cultural diversion, and reclaiming our own culture - and mind and soul:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARIG-BQRATs

]]> By: Mike G http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354363 Mike G Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:26:42 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354363 There you bloggers go, lowering NPR to your level... There you bloggers go, lowering NPR to your level…

]]> By: Amyloo http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354357 Amyloo Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:39:35 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/07/the-hack/#comment-354357 Excellent! Excellent!

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