My favorite "Cult of the amateur" quotes.

1. My favorite
Cult of the
amateur
quotes
Mixed by Maarten Cannaerts
Images: www.sxc.hu– “The cult of the amateur” was
written by Andrew Keen

2. Those who know most can
be persecuted by those
who know least.

3. …everything we
do and say can,
in a couple of
clicks, be
disseminated
throughout the
internet...

4. … but is any of it
worth watching?

5. Most of us have strong
opinions, yet most of us
are profoundly uninformed.

6. In a media without
gatekeepers, where one’s
real identity is often
hidden, the truly
empowered are
the big companies
with the huge
advertising
budgets.

7. Google is a parasite. It creates no
content of its own.
Its sole accomplishment is having
figured out an algorithme that links
preexisting content to other
preexisiting content.

8. In our digital age, it is
information
– not knowledge –
that lends power

9. Web2 is the
democratization
of the Orwellian
nightmare…

10. Anyone can be big brother
– all you need is an internet
connection.