"Solutions" Analysis

Andrew Keen's "Solutions" article explains that digital technology is an inescapable part of twenty-first century life. A new form of the web, Web 2.0, has created a form of online participatory media which is reshaping our intellectual, political, and commercial landscape. The solutions which Keen supplies in his article are his attempts at guiding this "home-grown" revolution so that it, "enriches rather than undermines our economy, culture, and values." Keen is trying to protect professional media while still enjoying the benefits of today's internet capabilities.
Keen's first proposed solution is called Citizendium. Developed by Larry Sanger after splitting from the wikipedia project he helped co-develop, Citizdenidum is a site which allows experts in specific subjects to have the power to review, approve, and settle disputes about atricles within their intellectual specialty. By acknowledging the fact that some people know more about certain things than others, we can allow a group of "gatekeepers" to maintain order on the site by censoring troublemakers. Another site the Keen says is on its way to a solution for Web 2.0 is iAmplify, a publishing platform that allows professionals to sell audio or video downloads that offer instruction and expertise directly to the site's subscribers. What is cool about this site is that it helps those who have lost a living due to the internet. Anyone can find almost anything online for free, and that means a lot of people are losing money, like musicians for example. With iAmplify, however, professionals are provided with a more direct channel to reach their market.
What i have come to notice is that most solutions for "protecting the legacy of our mainstream media" are solutions which combine many aspects of the current web to create a different type of web. Web 3.0 can potentially be the solution Keen is looking for. I think i Web 3.0 will be a smarter internet that combines many sources to provide a more clear, credible, and professional resource for users.