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Andrew keen biography
Andrew Keen
British-American entrepreneur and author (born 1960)
For the documentary filmmaker, see Andy Keen.
Andrew Keen (born c. 1960[2]) is a British-American entrepreneur and author.
He is particularly known for his view that the current Internet culture and the Web 2.0 trend may be debasing culture, an opinion he shares with Jaron Lanier and Nicholas G. Carr among others. Keen is especially concerned about the way that the current Internet culture undermines the authority of learned experts and the work of professionals.
Life
Keen was born in Hampstead, North London, to a Jewish family.[3] He attended the University of London, studying History under Hugh Seton-Watson, a British historian and political scientist.[4] Keen earned a bachelor's degree in history and then studied at the University of Sarajevo in Yugoslavia.
Having been influenced by Josef Škvorecký, Danilo Kiš, Jaroslav Hašek and especially the writings of Franz Kafka;[