How today's Internet is killing our culture

The subtitle of the book has changed. Once upon a time (ie: last week), it was CULT OF THE AMATEUR: How the democratization of the digital world is assaulting our economy, our culture and our values.

But this subtitle wasn't scary enough. It didn't assault my senses, keep me up at night, traumatize my innermost being. The problem was too much Alexis De Tocqueville and not enough Boris Karloff.  So we've shortened and sharpened the subtitle -- making it even more horrible in its brevity:

CULT OF THE AMATEUR: How today's Internet is killing our culture

This one will stick. It's a short, sharp murder story and we are all the victim.  The future really does have a twist now. The nightmare begins on June 5: CULT OF THE AMATEUR: How today's Internet is killing our culture. Read it at your peril.

Comments

[Danny Motion]

you are scaring me already. Hope it will only be sold in adult bookstores

[Stephen Smoliar]

I really like the title. It has a lot more punch than the phrase I have been invoking on my own blog about "the world the Internet has made." If you like more extended essays, try visiting at:

http://therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com/

I try to do my best to keep the logorrhoea in check!

[VDOVault]

Are you sure that our culture wasn't already dead (or at the very least in a coma and on life support *before* the Internet came along)?

Just curious.

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