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Write a book yourself and publish it freely. You can legally do this, today, and nobody can stop you. People are already doing this.. but it's a lot more work
by vorpalhex 4y ago
Write a book yourself and publish it freely. You can legally do this, today, and nobody can stop you.
People are already doing this.. but it's a lot more work than wikipedia edits and typically people only do this when compensated.
- jrm4 4y agoA. A lot more work than wikipedia edits? Maybe. Now, how about "accuracy?" B. I'll see your "books" and raise you "virtually all academic writing" How much of that is typically directly compensated? Virtually none. Again, I'm not saying "no one should get paid." I am saying that there is nothing to suggest that spreading knowledge requires paying individuals via a system that relies heavily on intellectual property and/or classic "capitalist" ideas to do so. Universities and libraries are a thing, and have been for some time.
- vorpalhex 4y ago"Directly" is doing too much work. We pay researchers to research. Part of research is writing that work and submitting it. It is literally part of their job. It is so much part of their job that we have a system in place to isolate them from day to day political worries and let them focus on big projects. > I am saying that there is nothing to suggest that spreading knowledge requires paying individuals... It doesn't. People publish things for free all the time. See your own example of research papers and open access journals.
- GeoAtreides 4y agoThere are people on Royal Road right now publishing millions of words and making thousands or ten of thousands of dollars a month (from Patreon), while at the same still having their works free to read.