We stand on the shoulders of giants... ... and there are many barriers to access to those giants these days. (paywalls, patent overuse, market exclusion by .1%,

We stand on the shoulders of giants... ... and there are many barriers to access to those giants these days. (paywalls, patent overuse, market exclusion by .1%, ideological blind spots in communities, too many standards, too many standards behind paywalls or other blocking infrastructure) The last is touched on by community in-fighting. People fighting over which standard product to look like. PS: I work in wireless. Some of the barriers are there because people do really insecure new ideas that risk people's security. That's generally a good reason for standards and standard bodies.