Andrew Keen

Andrew Keen
Andrew Keen speaking in Amsterdam in April 2015
Born	c. 1960 (age 56–57) Hampstead, London
Nationality	British-American
Alma mater	University of London (B.A.) University of California, Berkeley (M.A.)
Occupation	Author, professor, entrepreneur, and public speaker
Known for	The Cult of the Amateur Digital Vertigo
Andrew Keen introducing himself recorded April 2015

Andrew Keen (born c. 1960) is a British-American entrepreneur and author. He is particularly known for his view that the current Internet culture and the Web 2.0 trend may be debasing culture, an opinion he shares with Jaron Lanier and Nicholas G. Carr among others. Keen is especially concerned about the way that the current Internet culture undermines the authority of learned experts and the work of professionals.

Keen was born in Hampstead, North London, to a Jewish family. He attended the University of London, studying History under Hugh Seton-Watson, a British historian and political scientist. Keen earned a bachelor's degree in history and then studied at the University of Sarajevo in Yugoslavia. Having been influenced by Josef Škvorecký, Danilo Kiš, Jaroslav Hašek and especially the writings of Franz Kafka; Keen relocated to America, where he earned a master's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, studying under Ken Jowitt. After Berkeley, Keen taught modern history and politics at Tufts University, Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He currently lives in Berkeley, California with his family.