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The Rise and Fall of Peer Review
Journals today act as coordination + reputation, but they charge an insane amount to do so. Maybe DAOs can do it better, especially since the main things that people involved in peer-review want more of is recognition, grants, transparency, and interoperable peer review contributions.
Nikhil Krishnan • Decentralizing Journals and Peer Review DAOs: the evolution of legitimacy in scientific publishing
(Only one of Einstein’s papers was ever peer-reviewed, by the way, and he was so surprised and upset that he published his paper in a different journal instead.)
Adam Mastroianni • The Rise and Fall of Peer Review
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... See moreAlex Berenson • Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives
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