I'm finding more and more pieces of information that suggest the Great Stagnation coincides with the institutionalization of science. Science "won", got the re

I'm finding more and more pieces of information that suggest the Great Stagnation coincides with the institutionalization of science. Science "won", got the respect of society, and got upgraded to Serious Business, with corresponding stiff roles and certifications. And 60 years later we look around and wonder how we got to tolerate parasitic journals. Assume - a very fair assumption - that journals are just the tip of the iceberg. Just what us laymen see most clearly from the outside. This makes things look pretty bad. Now, this is pure personal opinion: I think there is about as much chance of reforming academia as it is of making NASA competitive with SpaceX. I doubt a solution will arrive soon, but if it is it will be from somewhere outside the established field.