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And because it doesn't lead to jobs or lots of citations. Fixing that is basically the goal of Distill: build an ecosystem where this kind of work is supported
by colah3 10y ago
And because it doesn't lead to jobs or lots of citations.
Fixing that is basically the goal of Distill: build an ecosystem where this kind of work is supported and rewarded.
- kd0amg 10y agoI worry that these will be citations (and publications) that "don't really count" in heavily career-impacting decisions. Just getting citations to appear won't make funding agencies, tenure committees, etc. value distillation itself -- they will definitely know the difference between a survey paper and a novel result.
- colah3 10y agoYep. That's why a big part of Distill, behind the scenes, is a campaign of talking to senior faculty, scientific funders, and leaders of industry research groups, to build consensus that this is important. I'm not sure how successful we'll be, but we're taking it seriously.
- llimllib 10y agoNarrowly construed, it is of course even beneficial to hoard knowledge; makes it more likely that your self/lab/friends are the ones that will publish the next advance in your field.
- timdellinger 10y agoScientists are supported and rewarded by the people who control the money in the ecosystem that they already live in. I'm not sure that you'll be able to convince people to devote time and energy to a completely different ecosystem... one that their current ecosystem doesn't care about.
- colah3 10y agoWell, I also intend to persuade scientific funders. :P