It appears that one of Keen’s primary arguments is that the legitimacy of the content we take in is being threatened buy the increase in user-generated content. The explosion of bloggers and similar sources of information that have no ground to stand on has started to become the primary source for a lot of people to find their information. While the majority of these sources are legitimate, there are many that are not. And the incredible amount of information made readily available on the Internet makes it hard for us to decipher which is which. Keen warns that, “The distinction between trained expert and uninformed amateur becomes dangerously blurred.”

He goes on to warn about the dangers of the “cut and paste” culture we have adopted, where content is shared freely between people via the Internet. These actions have seriously injured the entertainment industry. With this free sharing of intellectual property we have, and will continue to see great change in the creative industries. While some argue that it only fosters further creativity, other worry that those who create should have the right to market their ideas in a way only they see fit. We are warned to consider the ramifications of blindly supporting a culture that encourages plagiarism.

In the video interview Keen inquires about the accusation that apple runs itself like a terrorist organization. He is referring to the way the Apple executive release information to those lower in the company. Information is released on a need to know basis so that nothing is ever leaked to the public. One of the biggest things that Job’s stressed was how to handle crisis management, and the events to follow his death. Also similar to a terrorist organization Apple prepared for the death of Job’s by transferring more power from Jobs to the board of executives. While keen argues that successions are more complicated than they appear, it’s argued that apple will not experience a hiccup in his absence. The transfer of power had been taking place for many years, and it’s believed that in the period leading up to his death the company was run completely independent of Jobs, where he was only there for creative purposes.

While the comparison of Apple to a terrorist cell operation may be extreme, the analogy serves the situation well. Like the incredibly intelligent man that he was, Jobs came to terms with the idea of his absence in the company, and prepared for it. Just another reason Apple is the successful giant that it is today.