The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do
3mon 6d ago by mander.xyz/u/Draconic_NEO in science@mander.xyz from open.substack.com
Of all the crazy parts of our crazy system, the craziest part is where taxpayers pay for the research, then pay private companies to publish it, and then pay again so scientists can read it. We may not agree on much, but we can all agree on this: it is time, finally and forever, to get rid of for-profit scientific publishers.
Please let’s just get rid of for profit in general, like what has profit even done for us?
Won't happen. US science thrives on gatekeeping and stealing IP in the closed peer review system.