Andrew Keen

Andrew Keen is among the world's best known contemporary analysts of digital business and culture, and commentators on the digital revolution. <br /> He is Executive Director of the Silicon Valley innovation salon FutureCAst, the host of the popular Internet chat show "Keen On", a Senior Fellow at CALinnovates, a columnist for CNN and a much acclaimed public speaker around the world.<br /> <br /> Andrew is the author of several acclaimed books: The Internet is Not the Answer where he argues that on balance, the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all of our lives; Digital Vertigo: where he critically evaluates social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn; Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is Killing Our Culture‫.‬<br /> <br /> As a pioneering Silicon Valley based Internet entrepreneur, Keen founded Audiocafe.com and built it into a popular first generation Internet music company.<br /> <br /> Keen has been featured in hundreds of magazines and newspapers around the world and has lectured at many universities around the world.