journal "monogamy" is the problem. modest proposal: always publish to arxiv, which assigns the permanent DOI. journals can be offered the article - one at a t

journal "monogamy" is the problem. modest proposal: always publish to arxiv, which assigns the permanent DOI. journals can be offered the article - one at a time if the authors desire, or in more of an auction format. when published in a journal, the arxiv entry is simply updated (new revision findable and attached to the original DOI). this would make research works first-class, rather than journal byproducts. internet/telecom providers don't want to be dumb-fat-pipes; journals don't want to be editing and review-coordination services. so what?