Skip to content
The Internet is Not the Answer episode artwork

Jan 10, 2015 30 min

The Internet is Not the Answer

from Talk Cocktail Hosted by Jeff Schechtman

The industrial revolution changed the world. It changed the nature of work, it displaced workers, it ushered in the Gilded Age and created more inequality. It shrank the world, drove consumerism, and reshaped political ideology. The Internet revolution, 150 years later, has had startling similar effects. We worship at the altar of creative destruction, we fetishize technology and the freedom and democratization that the Internet had promised. But at what price? Simply, can the same technology and companies that fractured and reshaped the world, now be what we need to put it back together again? Andrew Keen, argues that The Internet Is Not the Answer. My conversation with Andrew Keen: Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Ready to play

The Internet is Not the Answer

0:00 30:17

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of Talk Cocktail?

This episode is 30 minutes long.

When was this Talk Cocktail episode published?

This episode was published on January 10, 2015.

Can I download this Talk Cocktail episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.