Zero to Zero: William Deresiewicz on what happens when the price of online content is driven down to zero

<p>EPISODE 1835: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks William Deresiewicz, author of THE DEATH OF THE ARTIST, about the fate of the creative artist when , in our digital economy, the price of content has been driven down to zero&nbsp;</p><p>William Deresiewicz is an award-winning essayist and critic, a frequent speaker at colleges, high schools, and other venues, and the author of five books including the<em> New York Times</em> bestseller&nbsp;<a href="https://billderesiewicz.com/books/excellent-sheep/"><em>Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life</em></a>. His latest book is <a href="https://billderesiewicz.com/"><em>The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and</em> <em>Society</em></a>. Bill has published over 300 essays and reviews. He&nbsp;has won&nbsp;the Hiett Prize in the Humanities,&nbsp;the National Book Critics Circle’s Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, and a Sydney Award; he is also a three-time National Magazine Award&nbsp;nominee. His work, which has appeared in&nbsp;<em>The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harper’s,</em>&nbsp;and many other publications, has been translated into 19 languages and anthologized in 39 college and scholastic readers. Bill taught English at&nbsp;Yale and&nbsp;Columbia before becoming a full-time writer. He&nbsp;has spoken at over 160 educational and&nbsp;other venues and has appeared on <em>The Colbert Report</em>, <em>Here &amp; Now</em>, <em>The New Yorker Radio Hour</em>, and many other outlets. He has held visiting positions at Bard, Scripps, and Claremont McKenna Colleges as well as at&nbsp;the University of San Diego. In 2024, he will serve as an inaugural Public Fellow at American Jewish University.&nbsp;His previous books are <a href="http://billderesiewicz.com/books/the-death-of-the-artist/"><em>The Death of the Artist: How Creators are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech</em></a>, <a href="https://billderesiewicz.com/books/a-jane-austen-education/"><em>A Jane Austen Ed