http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/ Musings on health care policy, china, biking, music, and other pursuits Tue, 26 May 2009 07:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-2331 “Welcome to the Youniverse” - Lee Siegal’s Rage Against the Machine « ajfortin.com Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:24:43 +0000 http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-2331 [...] book to read if you are in any way a web 2.0 enthusiast. But read it we must, just as we must read Andrew Keen’s work and others who are trying to unpack the internet experience and it’s impact on American [...] [...] book to read if you are in any way a web 2.0 enthusiast. But read it we must, just as we must read Andrew Keen’s work and others who are trying to unpack the internet experience and it’s impact on American [...]

]]> http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-691 Top Ten Posts on China, Health Care and Globalization « ajfortin.com Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:27:02 +0000 http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-691 [...] Cacophony, Change and China [...] [...] Cacophony, Change and China [...]

]]> http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-591 ajfortin.com How to Read A Blog (With a Nod to Mortimer Adler) « Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:30:01 +0000 http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-591 [...] let us agree that there are at least two strikingly different views on the blogosphere. One (I have discussed before) is that held by people like Andrew Keen. He complains that the internet is transforming our [...] [...] let us agree that there are at least two strikingly different views on the blogosphere. One (I have discussed before) is that held by people like Andrew Keen. He complains that the internet is transforming our [...]

]]> http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-226 WorldHealthCareBlog.org » Cacophony, Change and China: a hosted discussion on innovation in health care Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:20:59 +0000 http://ajfortin.com/2007/07/09/cacophony-change-and-china/#comment-226 [...] In Andrew Keen’s new book “The Cult of the Amateur” he complains that the internet is transforming our culture into a cacophony of “infinite filibustering”, a noise of “hundred million bloggers all talking about themselves; a place where truth is “flattened”, where “ignorance meets egoism, meets bad taste, meets mob rule … — on steroids.” And more to the point, this “chaos of useless information” is not just pop culture entertainment, but a threat to civil public discourse, “encouraging plagiarism and intellectual property theft and stifling creativity.” (Read More) [...] [...] In Andrew Keen’s new book “The Cult of the Amateur” he complains that the internet is transforming our culture into a cacophony of “infinite filibustering”, a noise of “hundred million bloggers all talking about themselves; a place where truth is “flattened”, where “ignorance meets egoism, meets bad taste, meets mob rule … — on steroids.” And more to the point, this “chaos of useless information” is not just pop culture entertainment, but a threat to civil public discourse, “encouraging plagiarism and intellectual property theft and stifling creativity.” (Read More) [...]

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