"The Day the Music Died"

1. According to Andrew Keen he believes that there are big consequences for participating in "Web 2.0". The growth of these media's are threatening our values, creativity and economy. Keen provides a very structured argument for the movie business. He says that video stores are being put out of business because online movie systems make it easier and are more accommodating to the consumer. Also the music business's are being put out of business wit the introduction of MP3 players. It it so much easier to buy what songs you like out of what Cd's you want rather than buying the whole CD and not liking it. Also with the introduction of illegal downloading you don't have to spend money anymore. I know my roommate has about thirty movies on his computer that he didn't pay for at all. Newspapers are also suffering very badly with online up to date news. These companies are being robbed with the innovation of technology. They are hurting the economy by putting these stores out of business and creating less jobs. I definitely agree with Keen on this point. Especially towards the economy because it is so bad now.

2. In Utopia the idea of "the sheep are devouring men" is referring to how our society is losing control of technology and the Internet, which we intern gave life to. In today's society we count on the Internet so much that if it were ever to go down we would be in complete chaos. Andrew Keen talks about how in Web 2.0 people with limited education and experience can be on the same level as professionals. A perfect example of this is Wikipedia where anyone can change or post anything about any subject. Intern our lives are being run by technology and we rely on it to much.