Andrew Keen at BSeC

Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur was interviewed this morning at Buying & Selling eContent.  This was the second time I've seen Andrew in the past few months.  His point of view sort of grows on you, once you get passed the some of the more controversial comments like, "I've never learned anything from my 10 year old son."  I've summarized the views that make the most sense to me:
"The new new thing is curation and professionalism."  In other words, there's so much content available, both good and bad, that curators will command a premium.  "The future is curation - real people putting together real reliable content." 
Professional content providers need to authoritative.  They must not try to be humble."  I'm paraphrasing here but he went on to say that professional content creators must remain protected against the nasty little virus called the cult of the amateur.
Andrew seems to be a fan of Jason Calacanis' Mahalo, which is a curated search engine.
Finally, and this is easiest to agree with: "The crowd can't write."  Andrew insists we need to maintain the distinction between the audience and the artist.