http://www.reportr.net/2007/06/11/decontructing-the-cult-of-the-amateur/ Making sense of the intersection between media, society and technology Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.reportr.net/2007/06/11/decontructing-the-cult-of-the-amateur/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Robert Andews Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:38:54 +0000 http://reportr.net/2007/06/11/decontructing-the-cult-of-the-amateur/#comment-81 The most entertaining review of the book so far, in The Sunday Times' Culture, essentially likens Jimmy Wales to Pol Pot: "But talent is “the needle in today’s digital haystack”, says Keen. In a world without newspapers, publishing houses, film studios, radio and TV stations there’ll be nobody to discover and – no less important – to nurture talent. The result could be no less catastrophic than Pol Pot’s decision to eliminate talent and expertise in Cambodia by mass execution." (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article1874668.ece) The most entertaining review of the book so far, in The Sunday Times’ Culture, essentially likens Jimmy Wales to Pol Pot: “But talent is “the needle in today’s digital haystack”, says Keen. In a world without newspapers, publishing houses, film studios, radio and TV stations there’ll be nobody to discover and – no less important – to nurture talent. The result could be no less catastrophic than Pol Pot’s decision to eliminate talent and expertise in Cambodia by mass execution.” (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article1874668.ece)

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