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People really do not understand the value of their data. It’s incredible. They think in 10s and 20s, but the reality is 1,000s. Wouldn’t it be nice if we owned
by happytiger 3y ago
People really do not understand the value of their data. It’s incredible. They think in 10s and 20s, but the reality is 1,000s.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we owned the work we created instead of always having it assigned to the network nearest extractive company or institution?
Big money understands. Just look at how agritech data is getting locked up by companies — the value of the data is astounding.
Much of the university stuff is free for research or non-profit use, which is great, but if you want to use it commercially you have to pay big bucks. And not everyone who uses it commercially pays, let’s be honest. Ethical behavior isn’t the persuit of everyone in the management class.
- carolynparrus 3y ago[dead]
- EnigmaFlare 3y agoThere's an exchange of value - the organization that can use your data provides some value to you which is why use use it instead of just doing things on your own. You can actually just do things on your own and keep all the IP for yourself, even academic research in many low-capital-intensive fields - as long as you're actually doing it for the science and not for stupid credentials or stupid zero-sum career progression like most academics seem to. I've often used university research commercially. I just read a published paper and apply it to my business. No permission, no payment, it's just wide open free for anyone.
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- janalsncm 3y agoIf you do the math, it’s about $15/paper, not thousands. And the papers are really only valuable in aggregate.
- happytiger 3y agoI wasn’t making reference to the value of the papers, but the larger theme of people misunderstanding the value of their data.