Yes, all that bad stuff is there, mostly on the fringes, but there's a tremendous amount of good stuff on the internet that outweighs the bad. MIT put audio and video footage of many of their courses online for free. The open source software community is vibrant and growing - it's talented, professional people getting together to collaborate on a project available to the public. In other words, the internet is enabling the creation of digital public works! Health information is more readily available to patients, empowering them to better navigate an increasingly broken system. Last but not least, the blogosphere does have its share of nuts, but blogging gives a voice to many who otherwise don't have one. Blogging in places like Iran and China is an act of revolution. The number of blogs is staggering - too many to make generalizations. The internet is huge and chaotic and sprawling, but it's also wonderful. Unfortunately, Mr. Keen is throwing out the baby with the bathwater.