I agree with almost all that you say, bit I disagree with the implication that progress in commercial enterprises isn't also a form of scientific progress. I t

I agree with almost all that you say, bit I disagree with the implication that progress in commercial enterprises isn't also a form of scientific progress. I totally agree that the ultimate measure of scientific progress is how much of that is accessible to wider society. That doesn't have to be in a published journal, it's anything that allows us to know about the world and leverage that knowledge for the better.