The root of the word "amateur" comes from the Latin word "to love". Amateurs are those who do something because they love to, not for external motivators. I personally, am an amateur of music. I enjoy listening to all types of music and find myself listening to music throughout daily routines. I listen to music when I am bored, stressed, and happy. We do not value our work done for love as much as required love because it does not pay as much. Working for enjoyment is not the same as working for money. I am passionate when I can be of some assistance to someone because it makes me feel better about myself. I am involved in multiple community service groups that fulfill my passion of helping people. I do not think it is right for people to live with useless money when others could use it to survive. I wish I could find a career with my passion but many of the community service jobs are volunteer work. I will certainly continue doing community service on the side of my career. I would love to focus my entire life on things I am passionate about but in reality, it would not fulfill the lifestyle I intend to have.
One of Keen's frequent targets in Cult of the Amateur is Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford and one of the frequent proponents of ideas like Creative Commons licensing and other ways to think about copyrighting in the digital age. I found Lessig's arguments against Keen's book more convincing. I found the argument of people telling me what is good or bad was terrible. I do not need my culture to tell me what movies or songs I like. I did not agree with Keen's argument in this scenario.
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