Comments on: Keen vs. Me: The Word clouds http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/02/05/keen-vs-me-the-word-clouds/ About David Weinberger's book (May, 2007) and how we're pulling ourselves together now that we've blown ourselves to bits Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Hal O'Brien http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/02/05/keen-vs-me-the-word-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-45018 Hal O'Brien Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:42:48 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/02/05/keen-vs-me-the-word-clouds/#comment-45018 The thing that amuses me, of course, is Keen's out-and-out hypocrisy and projection. As far as I can tell, he is not a credentialed expert on anything. His argumentation tends to be amateurish in the worst sense. Almost all of his complaints apply to himself. <i>"The problem, however, with Web 2.0 is that most of the conversation seems to be taking place anonymously, conducted -- in a manner of speaking -- by people who are more interested in vulgar insult than respectful intellectual intercourse."</i> ...and he's just the disrespectful, vulgarly insulting fellow to know. We have it on his own authority, to use a phrase of Miss Austen's. (There being no way to know how often he writes anonymously.) The thing that amuses me, of course, is Keen’s out-and-out hypocrisy and projection. As far as I can tell, he is not a credentialed expert on anything. His argumentation tends to be amateurish in the worst sense. Almost all of his complaints apply to himself.

“The problem, however, with Web 2.0 is that most of the conversation seems to be taking place anonymously, conducted — in a manner of speaking — by people who are more interested in vulgar insult than respectful intellectual intercourse.”

…and he’s just the disrespectful, vulgarly insulting fellow to know. We have it on his own authority, to use a phrase of Miss Austen’s. (There being no way to know how often he writes anonymously.)

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