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Why is all of scientific research locked behind paywalls instead of some open source, scientist-built, democratized system?
Because like most people, the average is just trying to get by with the least amount of effort. Structural change is hard and risky. Especially going against a highly experienced establishment tied to "traditional" or "conservative" values.
Anyone want to build one together? I’ve always been frustrated with the current academic publishing model. Parasitic “publishers” double dipping on authors and readers while outsourcing the bulk of the review work unpaid.
Anyone want to build one together? This issue, of “publishers” not only double dipping to accept and then share papers especially when outsourcing the review work unpaid back to the researchers themselves, has always frustrated me.