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There is, or should be, more to academia than just the pursuit of money.
by GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
There is, or should be, more to academia than just the pursuit of money.
- scottfr 12y agoOf course. The primary goal of academia is the advancement of human knowledge. Unfortunately, the current ecosystem of journals is to a significant extent failing at that. Possibly introducing a clear [0] profit motive into that system would result in it working more efficiently and better serving academia's primary goal. [0] I say "clear" because a lot of the current system of journals is primarily driven by profit motives that are only slightly veiled. There are notable exceptions to this, e.g. PLoS, Journal of Statistical Software, etc...
- untilHellbanned 12y agoThe researchers need to profit in order for the incentives to truly align. It's like an incredibly poor man's spotify and we all know how that works for musicians.